To import an existing private cloud environment for a VMware Aria Suite product, use the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle installation wizard.

Prerequisites

  • Verify that you have an existing VMware Aria Suite instance.
  • Verify that you have an existing data center.
  • Verify that you have created or imported a certificate.
    Note: Certificates are not required for importing an existing environment. However, it is required when you select both import and new install in one flow while creating an environment.

Procedure

  1. Log in to VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle as an VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle Admin or VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle Cloud Admin and click Create Environment.
  2. After entering the environment data fields, under each of the required VMware Aria Suite product, select Import and click the required VMware Aria Suite product check box for the VMware Aria Suite product name.
  3. Click Next.
  4. In the launched install wizard, on the Products Details page, update the details and select all the vCenter servers where all product components are installed.
    If you select a combination of import and install for two or more products while creating an environment, then enter the details as a new Install of product. If you are opting for an organic growth by adding another product after creating an environment with New Install or combination of Import and New Install, then the details in Install wizard is already pre-populated. You can go ahead and click Next. If you are opting for an organic growth by adding another product after creating an Environment with Import only, then the installation wizard details are not pre-populated.

    After you import a product for a scale out, you must add a certificate. To manage a certificate, add the certificate from the settings tab and then import during scale out.

  5. Review the summary information and then click Submit.
  6. Import product certificates.

    The VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle Locker cannot import product certificates, so you must import the product certificate after you import the product.

    When you import a product into a new environment, the Product Details view does not display a certificate entry. However, when you import a product into an existing environment that contains other products, the Product Details view does display the environment-level certificate. The relevant certificate is consumed and visible in the Locker Certificates view, but the certificate is not actually assigned. Regardless of where you are importing ta product into a new or existing environment. you must import the product certificate after you import the product.

  7. Perform an inventory synchronization of the imported product.

    After inventory synchronization, the Product Details view correctly reflects the certificate references.