You can extend the monitoring capabilities of VMware Aria Operations by installing and configuring integrations in VMware Aria Operations to connect to, and analyze data from external data sources in your environment. Once connected, you can use VMware Aria Operations to monitor and manage objects in your environment. These integrations are also referenced as Management Packs or as Solutions.

An integration can be a connection to a data source, or it might include predefined dashboards, widgets, alerts, and views.

Integrations can include cloud accounts, other accounts, dashboards, reports, alerts, and other content. The cloud accounts and other accounts comprise of adapters, using which VMware Aria Operations manages communication and integration with other products, applications, and functions. When an integration is installed and the accounts are configured, you can use the VMware Aria Operations analytics and alerting tools to manage the objects in your environment.

VMware Integrations include accounts for the following:
  • Storage Devices
  • VMware Aria Operations for Logs
  • NSX for vSphere
  • Network Devices
  • VCM
Third-party integrations include AWS, SCOM, EMC Smarts, and many others.

Other integrations such as the VMware Management Pack for NSX for vSphere, can be added to VMware Aria Operations. To download VMware integrations and other third-party integrations, visit the VMware Marketplace at https://marketplace.cloud.vmware.com/.

VMware Aria Operations includes integrations that are pre-installed.

VMware Aria Operations also includes integrations that are bundled with VMware Aria Operations, but not activated.

For a fresh deployment of VMware Aria Operations, the activation status of integrations are as follows:

Table 1. Integrations Activation Status
Integration Name Activated by Default? Can be Deactivated?
vCenter Yes No
VMware Cloud on AWS Yes No
Oracle Cloud VMware Solution No Yes
Google Cloud VMware Engine No Yes
Azure VMware Solution No Yes
VMware Cloud on Dell EMC No Yes
VMware Cloud Foundation No Yes
VMware Infrastructure Health No Yes
AWS No Yes
Microsoft Azure No Yes
GCP No Yes
vSAN Yes No
NSX-T Yes No
Service Discovery Yes No
OS and Application Monitoring Yes No
Cloud Management Assessments Yes Yes
VMware Aria Automation8.x No Yes
VMware Aria Hub No Yes
VMware Aria Operations for Logs No Yes
VMware Aria Operations for Networks No Yes
Ping No Yes
PCI Compliance No Yes
ISO Compliance No Yes
HIPAA Compliance No Yes
FISMA Compliance No Yes
DISA Compliance No Yes
CIS Compliance No Yes

The list of activated and available integrations, accounts, Repository, are all available from a central Integrations page in VMware Aria Operations. This page can be accessed from the left menu by clicking Data Sources > Integrations.

Non-Native Management Packs and Management Pack Builder

If there’s a technology without a current, native, management pack, you have the option to install a non-native pack or build your own using VMware Aria Operations Management Pack Builder.

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack Builder is a stand-alone appliance that enables the creation of custom management packs for use in VMware Aria Operations.  This is a no-code solution for bringing in data from an external API and either creating new resources or extending your VMware and third party resources with new Data, Relationships, and Events.

Non-Native Management Pack

User Guide

Aggregator

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Aggregator

Apache Hadoop

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Apache Hadoop

Apache Tomcat

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Apache Tomcat

AppDynamics

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for AppDynamics

Arista EOS

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Arista EOS

Automation Orchestrator

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Automation Orchestrator

Cisco HyperFlex

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Cisco HyperFlex

Cisco Networking

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Cisco Networking

Cisco UCS

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Cisco UCS

Citrix ADC

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Citrix ADC

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

Cloud Director

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Cloud Director

Cloud Director Availability

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Cloud Director Availability

Cohesity

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Cohesity

Datadog

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Datadog

Dell EMC Isilon

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Dell EMC Isilon

Dell EMC OpenManage

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Dell EMC OpenManage

Dell EMC PowerEdge

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Dell EMC PowerEdge

Dell EMC PowerMax and VMAX

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Dell EMC PowerMax and VMAX

Dell EMC Unity

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Dell EMC Unity

Dell EMC VNX (Block and File)

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Dell EMC VNX

Dell EMC XtremIO

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Dell EMC XtremIO

Docker

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Docker

Dynatrace

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Dynatrace

F5 BIG-IP

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for F5 BIG-IP

Flowgate

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Flowgate

HCX

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for HCX

Horizon

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Horizon

HPE 3Par StoreServ

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for HPE 3Par StoreServ

HPE Nimble

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for HPE Nimble

HPE OneView

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for HPE OneView

HPE ProLiant

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for HPE ProLiant

IBM HMC

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for IBM HMC

IBM PowerVC

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for IBM PowerVC

IBM SVC and Storwize

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for IBM SVC and Storwize

Identity Manager

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Identity Manager

Integrated OpenStack

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Integrated OpenStack

Kubernetes

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Kubernetes

Lenovo Compute

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Lenovo Compute

Microsoft Azure SQL

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Microsoft Azure SQL

Microsoft Hyper-V

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Microsoft Hyper-V

Microsoft IIS Server

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Microsoft IIS Server

Microsoft SCOM

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Microsoft SCOM

Microsoft SQL Server

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Microsoft SQL Server

Mongo DB

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Mongo DB

MySQL

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for MySQL

Nagios

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Nagios

NetApp E-Series

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for NetApp E-Series

NetApp FAS/AFF

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for NetApp FAS/AFF

NetApp Solidfire

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for NetApp SolidFire

Network Devices

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Network Devices

New Relic

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for New Relic

NSX Advanced Load Balancer

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for NSX Advanced Load Balancer

Nutanix

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Nutanix

Oracle Database

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Oracle Database

Oracle Enterprise Manager

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Oracle Enterprise Manager

Palo Alto Networks

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Palo Alto Networks

PostgreSQL

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for PostgreSQL

Pure Storage FlashArray

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Pure Storage FlashArray

Red Hat JBoss EAP

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Red Hat JBoss EAP

SAP

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for SAP

SAP HANA

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for SAP HANA

SDDC Health Monitoring

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for SDDC Health Monitoring

ServiceNow

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for ServiceNow

Skyline

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Skyline

SNMP

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for SNMP

SolarWinds

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for SolarWinds

Storage Devices

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Storage Devices

VMware Aria Cost powered by CloudHealth

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for VMware Aria Cost powered by CloudHealth

VMware Aria Operations Compliance Pack for VMware Sovereign Cloud

VMware Aria Operations Compliance Pack for VMware Sovereign Cloud

VMware Aria Operations for Applications

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for VMware Aria Operations for Applications

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack Builder

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack Builder

VMware Site Recovery Manager

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for VMware Site Recovery Manager

VMware Tanzu Application Service

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for VMware Tanzu Application Service

vSphere Replication

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for vSphere Replication

Upgrade Considerations

The native integrations in VMware Aria Operations are reinstalled if VMware Aria Operations is upgraded.