To scale up resource allocations such as RAM, disk capacity, and vCPUs in cluster nodes, use VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle.

The nodes of a single cluster are grouped. Each group consists of nodes of equal size. A product can have a single group or multiple groups. If the node sizes vary across the different groups, you can scale up to standardize the node sizes. Day 2 actions can include scaling operations to manage environments and avoid performance degradation. You can increase the storage capacity for a product by scaling up the current size and adding a disk with the required capacity.

The Vertical Scale Up option is supported for VMware Aria Operations for Logs, VMware Aria Automation, VMware Aria Operations for Networks, Workspace ONE Access, and VMware Aria Operations.

Prerequisites

Verify that you have an existing private cloud environment in VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle that contains supported VMware Aria Suite products.

Procedure

  1. From the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle dashboard, click Manage Environments.
  2. Click View Details for either the global environment or a specific VMware Aria Suite product.
  3. Click the ellipsis (...) for the product level operation, and then select Vertical Scale Up.
  4. In the Proceed to Vertical Scale Up pop-up window, click Trigger Inventory Sync.
  5. Click Proceed when the inventory sync is complete.
  6. Select the Node Type, and then click Next.
  7. Under Vertical Scale-Up Details, select Scale Up Size from the drop-down menu. You can select the Additional Disk Size (optional).
  8. Under Advanced Settings, select the appropriate data store from the drop-down menus, and then click Next.
  9. Click RUN PRECHECK.
    Note: If the validation is successful, a successful validation message appears. If you see an error message, follow the instructions provided in the Recommendations tab, and then click RE-RUN PRECHECK.
  10. When the validation succeeds, click Submit to view the details of your request.
    Note:
    • For Workspace ONE Access, the default deployment option and the VMware Aria Automation specified size of 8 CPU and 16 GB memory are supported. To increase the storage capacity, 70% can be assigned to /db and 30% to /var or /opt.
    • The requiredCpuCount and requiredMemory parameters are the overall CPU and memory parameters that are available for a node.
    • For VMware Aria Suite products, you provide the extra disk size to increase the capacity. The requiredCapacity parameter adds an extra disk to the available capacity. For VMware Aria Automation, you select the required disk for expansion and choose how much to expand the existing disk.
    • If you are installing VMware Aria Automation, ensure that you deploy Workspace ONE Access with the suggested size for VMware Aria Automation.
    • For Workspace ONE Access, you must be connected to the internet to perform the vertical scale up operation.