You prepare for VMware Aria Operations installation by evaluating your environment and deploying enough VMware Aria Operations cluster nodes to support how you want to use the product.
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Workflow of VMware Aria Operations Installation VMware Aria Operations virtual appliance installation process consists of deploying the VMware Aria Operations OVA, once for each cluster node, accessing the product to set up cluster nodes according to their role, and logging in to configure the installation. Sizing the VMware Aria Operations Cluster VMware Aria Operations depend on how large of an environment you expect to monitor and analyze, how many metrics you plan to collect, and how long you need to store the data. Complexity of Your Environment VMware Aria Operations , the number and nature of the objects that you want to monitor might be complex enough to recommend a Professional Services engagement. About VMware Aria Operations Cluster Nodes VMware Aria Operations clusters consist of a primary node, an optional replica node for high availability or continously availability, and optional data nodes.About VMware Aria Operations Remote Collector Nodes VMware Aria Operations to gather more objects into its inventory for monitoring purposes. Unlike the data nodes, the remote collector nodes only perform the collector role of VMware Aria Operations . These remote collectors do not store data or process any analytics functions. Remote collectors collect data from integrated objects and then forward the data back to the cluster nodes. The primary node then processes the data which you then view as reports and analytics. About VMware Aria Operations High Availability VMware Aria Operations supports high availability (HA). HA creates a replica for the VMware Aria Operations primary node and protects the analytics cluster against the loss of a node. About VMware Aria Operations Continuous Availability VMware Aria Operations supports continuous availability (CA). CA separates the VMware Aria Operations cluster into two fault domains, stretching across vSphere clusters, and protects the analytics cluster against the loss of an entire fault domain.
