Review the following list of feature limitations of VMware Cloud on AWS integration.

  • The compliance workflows in VMware Aria Operations work for the virtual machines running on a vCenter Server in VMware Cloud on AWS. The compliance checks for VMware management objects such Hosts, vCenter, and so on, are not available.
  • Workload optimization including pDRS and host-based business intent do not work because of the VMware managers cluster configurations.
  • Workload optimization for the cross cluster placement within the SDDC with the cluster-based business intent is fully supported with VMware Aria OperationsVMware Aria Operations. However, workload optimization is not aware of resource pools and places the virtual machines at the cluster level. A user can manually correct this in the vCenter Server interface.
  • VMware Cloud does not support VMware Aria Operations SaaS plugin.
  • You cannot log in to VMware Aria Operations using your VMware Cloud vCenter Server credentials.
  • Credential-less service discovery is not supported on VMware Cloud on AWS.