You must configure a VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) cloud account to monitor a VMware Cloud Foundation environment. After configuration, all VMware Cloud Foundation domains are automatically discovered along with their connection details and credentials of underlying adapters for vCenter Server, vSAN, and NSX. You must save the domains want to monitor.

Prerequisites

The VMware Cloud Foundation is not activated by default. You can activate it from the Data Sources > Integrations > Repository page or from the Data Sources > Integrations > Add Accounts page.

Procedure

  1. From the left menu, click Data Sources > Integrations.
  2. On the Accounts tab, click Add.
  3. On the Accounts Types page, click VMware Cloud Foundation.
  4. Enter a display name and description for the cloud account.
    • Name. Enter the FQDN of the SDDC Manager for the VMware Cloud Foundation instance.
    • Description. Enter any additional information that helps you manage your instances.
  5. (Optional) Select the Physical Data Center you want to associate with the VMware Cloud Foundation cloud account.
    If no physical data center is created or if you want to create a new physical data center for your cloud account, you can add a new physical data center. For more information, see Adding Physical Data Centers in VMware Aria Operations
  6. Enter the FQDN for the SDDC Manager you are trying to connect.
  7. To add credentials for the VMware Cloud Foundation instance, click the Add icon, and enter the required credentials.
    The credentials must be associated with the admin role in VMware Cloud Foundation.
    Note: If you are using an AD or domain integrated account for authenticating your VMware Cloud Foundation instance, ensure you enter the username as username@domain or domain\username.
  8. Determine which VMware Aria Operations collector or collector group or cloud proxy is used to manage the cloud account. If you have multiple collectors or collector groups in your environment, and you want to distribute the workload to optimize performance, select the collector or collector group or cloud proxy to manage the adapter processes for this instance.
  9. Click Validate Connection to validate the connection.
    The Review and Accept Certificate wizard appears. Click Accept to validate the continue the validation.
  10. (Optional) Click Advanced Settings and enter the name of the VCF Configuration Limit File Name.
  11. Click Save.
    The page to configure the Domains in VMware Cloud Foundation appears.
  12. Configure a vCenter Server Cloud account. For more information, see Configure a vCenter Server Cloud Account in VMware Aria Operations.
    Important: When you configure the vCenter Server, the Credential is auto-generated for VMware Cloud Foundation.
  13. Configure a vSAN Adapter instance. For more information, see Configure a vSAN Adapter Instance.
  14. Configure the NSX adapter. For more information, see Configuring the NSX Adapter.
    Important: When you configure the NSX adapter, the Credential is auto generated for VMware Cloud Foundation.
  15. Configure Service Discovery. For more information, see Configure Service and Application Discovery.
    After the adapters and cloud accounts are configured, VMware Aria Operations discovers and monitors the environment that runs on VMware Cloud Foundation.
  16. Click Save this SDDC.

Results

The VMware Cloud Foundation account, with the configured Domain, is added to the list.

What to do next

You can view the operations of your VMware Cloud Foundation accounts and their domains from the VMware Cloud Foundation Operations page. For more information, see the 'Monitoring VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Operations' topic in the VMware Aria Operations User Guide.