To configure the product details for each VMware Aria Suite product that you are installing in the private cloud environment, use VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle.

Configuration tabs appear only for the products you selected to install. You can access advanced properties to perform tasks such adding different vCenter instances, activating or deactivating VMware Workspace ONE Access registrations, and so on.

Procedure

  1. Click the VMware Aria Automation check box to configure installation details for VMware Aria Automation.
    1. Enter the fully qualified domain name and the IP address for the VMware Aria Automation appliance.

      A Windows user must have administrator rights.

      For more information about the VMware Aria Automation appliance, see the KB article 55706.

  2. When installing VMware Aria Automation Config, specify the following additional options:
    • VMware Aria Automation Config Standalone

      This configuration has no dependency on VMware Aria Automation and the installation proceeds without VMware Workspace ONE Access integration.

    • VMware Aria Automation-integrated VMware Aria Automation Config

      This configuration allows VMware Aria Automation Config to be installed for each tenant that is configured in VMware Aria Automation performing organic growth.

  3. Click the VMware Aria Operations check box to configure installation details for VMware Aria Operations.
    1. Enter the NTP server address.
    2. (Optional) Click the plus sign to Add components and then select the component type.
    3. Enter the host name in the form of a fully qualified domain name.
    4. Enter the IP address for each component.
    5. Select the Node Count or Node Size for VMware Aria Operations deployment. VMware Aria Operations recommends that the number of analytic nodes available for a selection depend on the selected node size.
    The default type of deployment for VMware Aria Operations is a node size and node count.
  4. Click the VMware Aria Operations for Logs check box to configure installation details for VMware Aria Operations for Logs.
    1. (Optional) Click the plus sign to Add components and select the type of component to add.
    2. Enter the host name in the form of a fully qualified domain name and the IP address for each component.
    3. If you are adding cluster virtual IPS, optionally enter load balancer settings.
    4. Click Components + icon, to add and enable any of the configuration during the deployment.
    The deployment type available for VMware Aria Operations for Logs is standalone and cluster.
  5. Click the VMware Aria Operations for Networks check box to configure installation details for VMware Aria Operations for Networks.
    1. (Optional) Click the plus sign to Add components and select the type of component to add.
    2. Select the license key if registered in My VMware or enter the license key manually.
    3. Enter the Infrastructure details and select the NTP servers.
    4. Enter the network and certificate details.
    5. Under the Product Details, click Add component to add a VMware Aria Operations for Networks platform or a collector. This option is dependant on what type of VMware Aria Operations for Networks you are selecting initially. If you have selected a cluster of VMware Aria Operations for Networks, then you can have two platforms and one collector by default.
    The deployment type available for VMware Aria Operations for Networks is standard and cluster.
  6. Click the VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator check box to configure installation details for VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator.
    VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator offers two setup options:
    • VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator-Integrated

      This is the traditional VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator setup option, where VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator is integrated with VMware Aria Automation and you can install VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator after installing VMware Aria Automation

    • VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator Standalone: This setup option has no dependency on VMware Aria Automation and it allows you to integrate with vSphere.
    The deployment type available for the traditional VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator setup option, where VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator is integrated with VMware Aria Automation is standard and cluster.
  7. Click Next.