Activate the VMware Aria Operations trial from VMware Cloud on AWS to explore the features of VMware Aria Operations. In this procedure, you'll activate the VMware Aria Operations trial for the SDDC of your choice from within the VMware Cloud on AWS UI.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, you'll need to have the credentials to log in to VMware Cloud Services console as a user with the Organization Owner role in the organization that owns the SDDC.

Procedure

  1. Log in to your VMware Cloud on AWS console, open the page that lists all of your SDDCs, and click on View Details in the SDDC which will be configured for VMware Aria Operations trial.
  2. On the selected SDDC, click the Add Ons tab.
  3. On the SDDC's VMware Aria Operations add on card, click Activate in the pop-up dialog box that dispalys to start the activation process.
    The activation can take up to 90 minutes.
  4. Once the activation is complete, your organization is created with 30 day trial access to VMware Aria Operations. You will see the OPEN ARIA OPERATIONS link. Click the link to launch VMware Aria Operations.

Results

You have access to most of the features of VMware Aria Operations with your SDDC auto configured to be monitored. A cloud proxy virtual machine is auto deployed and powered on in the associated vCenter Server and you do not need to provide any configuration details for the VMC SDDC.