If you are an enterprise license user, you can add NSX Advanced Load Balancer as a data source in VMware Aria Operations for Networks.

Prerequisites

  • You must verify the following information:

    • The data source and its version is supported in VMware Aria Operations for Networks. For more information, see Supported Products and Versions.
    • The data source follows VMware Ports and Protocols supported in VMware Aria Operations for Networks. For more information, see VMware Ports and Protocols.
  • You must have access to NSX Advanced Load Balancer APIs.
  • You must you must have at least Read access to the following groups and resources:
    Group Resource
    Application
    • Virtual Service
    • Pool
    • Pool Group
    Operations
    • Alert Config
    • Alert
    Infrastructure
    • Cloud
    • Service Engine
    • Service Engine Group
    • Virtual Routing Framework (VRF) Context
    Administration
    • System Settings
    • Controller
    Accounts
    • Users
    • Roles
    • Tenant
    Profiles Analytics Profiles

    In NSX Advanced Load Balancer, the authorization of a user account is decided based the combination of roles and tenants. For more information, see the NSX Advanced Load Balancer documentation.

Procedure

  1. From the left navigation pane, go to Settings > Accounts and Data Sources.
  2. Click Add Source.
  3. Under Load Balancers, select NSX Advanced Load Balancer.
  4. On the Add a new NSX Advanced Load Balancer Account or Source page, provide the following details:
    Option Action
    Collector VM Select a collector VM from the drop-down menu.
    IP Address/FQDN Enter the IP address or the FQDN details of the NSX Advanced Load Balancer Cluster or Controller.
    Username Enter the user name.
    Password Enter the password.
  5. Click Validate.
  6. (Optional) In the Nickname text box, enter a nickname.
  7. (Optional) In the Tags (Optional) key-value pair text box, enter a key and a value.
    A key-value pair could be any text. For example, you can use Layer Access as key-value pair where layer is the key and access is the value.
    1. To apply the tag in all the associated entities, click the Apply above tag operations to all associated entities check box. When you select this option, the tag gets applied to all associated entities. For more details about the associated entities, see Working with Local Tags.
      If you clear the Apply above tag operations to all associated entities check box, the assigned tag is removed from all the associated entities.
  8. (Optional) In the Notes text box, add a note if necessary.
  9. Click Submit.

Results

After adding the data source, it takes some time to display the NSX Advanced Load Balancer details such as the integration with NSX.

To perform a search on NSX Advanced Load Balancer entities, use the query string NSX-ALB Data Source.

What to do next

VMware Aria Operations for Networks supports the following features of NSX Advanced Load Balancer:
  • Cluster
  • Controller
  • Tenant
  • Cloud
  • Service Engine
  • Service Engine Group
  • Virtual Service
  • Pool
  • Pool Member
  • Pool Group
  • Analytics Profile
  • VRF (Virtual routing and forwarding)
  • Alert