To activate monitoring, you connect the VMware Aria Operations service with the on-premises VMware Cloud Foundation instance.

Deploy Cloud Proxy Appliances for the VMware Aria Operations Service for Cloud-Based Intelligent Operations for VMware Cloud Foundation

To provide connectivity to the VMware Aria Operations service, you deploy two Cloud Proxy appliances in the VMware Cloud Foundation instance.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the VMware Cloud Services console at https://console.cloud.vmware.com/ with a user assigned the Operations Administrator role.
  2. On the Services page, locate the VMware Aria Operations tile, and click Launch service.

  3. In the left navigation pane, click Data sources > Cloud proxies.

  4. Deploy a Cloud Proxy appliance.

    1. On the Cloud proxies page, click Add.

    2. On the Add cloud proxy page, from the Target locations drop-down menu, select VMware cloud.

    3. In the Download the cloud proxy ova file, click the Copy path button.

    4. On the Add cloud proxy page, activate data persistence by toggling the switch, and on the Unique registration key has been updated dialog, click OK.

    5. Log in to the management domain vCenter Server at https://<management_vcenter_server_fqdn>/ui by using an account with Administrator privileges.

    6. In the VMs and templates inventory, navigate to the default management data center and expand the data center.

    7. Right-click the cloud proxy folder you created, and select Deploy OVF template.

    8. On the Select an OVF template page, select URL, paste the OVF link for the Cloud Proxy, and click Next.

    9. On the Source verification dialog box, click Yes.

    10. On the Select a name and folder page, enter the vritual machine name according to your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook, and click Next.

    11. On the Select a compute resource page, select the compute resource, and click Next.

    12. On the Review details page, review the settings, and click Next.

    13. On the License agreements page, accept the license agreement, and click Next.

    14. On the Configuration page, configure the settings according to your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook, and click Next.

    15. On the Select storage page, select the vSAN datastore, and click Next.

    16. On the Select networks page, from the Destination network drop-down menu, select the management VLAN port group, and click Next.

    17. On the Customize template page, configure the settings according to your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook, and click Next.

    18. On the Ready to complete page, click Finish, and wait for the completion of the process.

  5. Power on the Cloud Proxy appliance.

    1. In the VMs and templates inventory, navigate to the default management domain data center.

    2. Expand the cloud proxy folder you created.

    3. From the Actions drop-down menu, select Power > Power on.

  6. Set the root password on the Cloud Proxy appliance.

    1. Select the Cloud Proxy appliance and, on the Summary page, click Launch Web Console.

    2. Log in to the Cloud Proxy appliance by using the root user.

    3. In the VMware Remote Console window, to log in as root, press Enter and set the new root password.

  7. Repeat this procedure to deploy a second Cloud Proxy appliance in the management domain.

Configure vSphere Anti-Affinity Rules for the Cloud Proxy Appliances for Cloud-Based Intelligent Operations for VMware Cloud Foundation

To protect the Cloud Proxy appliances from a host-level failure, configure vSphere DRS to run the virtual machines on different hosts in the default management vSphere cluster.

UI Procedure

  1. Log in to the management domain vCenter Server at https://<management_vcenter_server_fqdn>/ui by using an account with Administrator privileges.
  2. In the Hosts and clusters inventory, expand the management domain vCenter Server tree and expand the management domain data center.
  3. Select the default management vSphere cluster and click the Configure tab.
  4. In the left pane, select Configuration > VM/Host rules, and click Add VM/Host rule.
  5. Configure the following settings, enter your values from your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook, and click OK.
    Setting Value
    Enable rule Selected
    Type Separate virtual machines

PowerShell Procedure

  1. Start Windows PowerShell.

  2. Replace the values in the sample code with values from your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook and run the commands in the PowerShell console.

    $sddcManagerFqdn = "sfo-vcf01.sfo.rainpole.io"
$sddcManagerUser = "administrator@vsphere.local"
$sddcManagerPass = "VMw@re1!"

$sddcDomainName = "sfo-m01"

$antiAffinityRuleName = "anti-affinity-rule-cbo"
$antiAffinityVMs = "sfo-cbo-cdp01a,sfo-cbo-cdp01b"

  3. Perform the configuration by running the command in the PowerShell console.

    Add-AntiAffinityRule -server $sddcManagerFqdn -user $sddcManagerUser -pass $sddcManagerPass -domain $sddcDomainName -ruleName $antiAffinityRuleName -antiAffinityVMs $antiAffinityVMs

Add the Cloud Proxy Appliances to the First Availability Zone VM Group for Cloud-Based Intelligent Operations for VMware Cloud Foundation

If you configured the management domain with two availability zones, to provide failover to the second availability zone, move the Cloud Proxy appliances to the VM group for the first availability zone. The virtual machine write operations are performed synchronously across both availability zones and each availability zone has a copy of the data.

UI Procedure

  1. Log in to the management domain vCenter Server at https://<management_vcenter_server_fqdn>/ui by using an account with Administrator privileges.
  2. In the Hosts and clusters inventory, expand the management domain vCenter Server tree and expand the management domain data center.
  3. Select the default management vSphere cluster and click the Configure tab.
  4. In the left pane, select Configuration > VM/Host groups.
  5. Select the VM group for the first availability zone, and click Add.
  6. In the Add group member dialog box, configure the settings according to values in your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook, and click OK.

PowerShell Procedure

  1. Start Windows PowerShell.

  2. Replace the values in the sample code with values from your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook and run the commands in the PowerShell console.

    $sddcManagerFqdn = "sfo-vcf01.sfo.rainpole.io"
$sddcManagerUser = "administrator@vsphere.local"
$sddcManagerPass = "VMw@re1!"

$sddcDomainName = "sfo-m01"

$groupName = "primary_az_vmgroup"
$vmList = "sfo-cbo-cdp01a,sfo-cbo-cdp01b"

  3. Perform the configuration by running the command in the PowerShell console.

    Add-VmGroup -server $sddcManagerFqdn -user $sddcManagerUser -pass $sddcManagerPass -domain $sddcDomainName -name $groupName -vmList $vmList

Configure a Collector Group for the Cloud Proxy Appliances for Cloud-Based Intelligent Operations for VMware Cloud Foundation

To provide adapter resiliency in case a Cloud Proxy appliance experiences network interruption or becomes unavailable, create a collector group and add the Cloud Proxy appliances to it.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the VMware Cloud Services console at https://console.cloud.vmware.com/ with a user assigned the Operations Administrator role.
  2. On the Services page, locate the VMware Aria Operations tile, and click Launch service.

  3. In the left navigation pane, click Data sources > Cloud proxies.

  4. Click the Collector groups tab, and click Add.

  5. On the Add new collector group page, configure the settings according to the values in your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook, and click Save.

Activate the VMware Cloud Foundation Integration for Cloud-Based Intelligent Operations for VMware Cloud Foundation

To provide the ability to configure integration with VMware Cloud Foundation in VMware Aria Operations service, you activate the VMware Cloud Foundation integration in the VMware Cloud Services console.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the VMware Cloud Services console at https://console.cloud.vmware.com/ with a user assigned the Operations Administrator role.
  2. On the Services page, locate the VMware Aria Operations tile, and click Launch service.
  3. In the left navigation pane, click Data sources > Integrations.
  4. On the Integrations page, click the Repository tab.
  5. Locate the VMware Cloud Foundation tile, and click Activate.
  6. In the Activate management pack dialog box, click Yes.

Configure Credentials for SDDC Components in VMware Aria Operations for Cloud-Based Intelligent Operations for VMware Cloud Foundation

To enable integrations for the VMware Cloud Foundation instance, you create credentials in the VMware Aria Operations service for SDDC Manager, vCenter Server, NSX Manager, and vSAN.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the VMware Cloud Services console at https://console.cloud.vmware.com/ with a user assigned the Operations Administrator role.
  2. On the Services page, locate the VMware Aria Operations tile, and click Launch service.

  3. In the left navigation pane, click Data sources > Integrations.

  4. Click the Accounts tab and click Credentials.

  5. On the Credentials page, click Add.

  6. In the Manage credential dialog box, configure the settings according to your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook, and click OK.

  7. Repeat this procedure for each remaining SDDC component according to the values in your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook.

  8. Repeat the procedure for each VI workload domains in the VMware Cloud Foundation instance.

Configure the VMware Cloud Foundation Integration for Cloud-Based Intelligent Operations for VMware Cloud Foundation

To complete the integration with the VMware Cloud Foundation instance, you create accounts for the SDDC Manager, vCenter Server, NSX Manager, and vSAN components in VMware Aria Operations.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the VMware Cloud Services console at https://console.cloud.vmware.com/ with a user assigned the Operations Administrator role.
  2. On the Services page, locate the VMware Aria Operations tile, and click Launch service.

  3. In the left navigation pane, click Data sources > Integrations.

  4. Click the Accounts tab and click Add account.

  5. On the Account type page, select the VMware Cloud Foundation card.

  6. On the Add account -VMware Cloud Foundation page, configure the settings according to your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook, and click Validate connection.

  7. In the Review and accept certificate dialog box, click Accept.

  8. On the Info dialog, click OK and then click Save.

  9. Click the Domains tab and click the tab for the management domain.

  10. Create the vCenter Server and NSX accounts, and activate vSAN.

    1. Click the vCenter tab and configure the settings according to the values in your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook.

    2. Click the vSAN tab and set the vSAN configuration toggle to Activated.

    3. Click the NSX-T tab, set the NSX-T configuration toggle to Activated, and configure the settings according to the values in your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook.

    4. Click the VI workload domain tab..

    5. In the Save dialog box, click Yes.

  11. Repeat this procedure for each VI workload domain.

  12. Click Save this SDDC.

Activate the Ping Integration for Cloud-Based Intelligent Operations for VMware Cloud Foundation

To provide the ability to add ping adapters in VMware Aria Operations service, you activate the ping integration in the VMware Cloud Services console.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the VMware Cloud Services console at https://console.cloud.vmware.com/ with a user assigned the Operations Administrator role.
  2. On the Services page, locate the VMware Aria Operations tile, and click Launch service.

  3. In the left navigation pane, click Data sources > Integrations.

  4. On the Integrations page, click the Repository tab.

  5. Locate the Ping tile, and click Activate.

  6. In the Activate management pack dialog box, click Yes.

Configure Ping Integration for the Cloud Proxy Appliances for Cloud-Based Intelligent Operations for VMware Cloud Foundation

To verify the availability of endpoints that exist in your environment, configure the Ping integration in VMware Aria Operations service. The ping functionality is configured as an adapter instance for IP addresses, group of IP addresses, and FQDNs.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the VMware Cloud Services console at https://console.cloud.vmware.com/ with a user assigned the Operations Administrator role.
  2. On the Services page, locate the VMware Aria Operations tile, and click Launch service.

  3. In the left navigation pane, click Data sources > Integrations.

  4. On the Integrations page, click the Accounts tab.

  5. Click Add account.

  6. On the Account types page, click the Ping tile.

  7. On the Add account - Ping page, configure the settings according to the values in your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook, and click Add.

Configure Outbound Settings in VMware Aria Operations for Cloud-Based Intelligent Operations for VMware Cloud Foundation

Configure outbound settings in VMware Aria Operations service to enable delivery of alerts to administrators as defined in the VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the VMware Cloud Services console at https://console.cloud.vmware.com/ with a user assigned the Operations Administrator role.
  2. On the Services page, locate the VMware Aria Operations tile, and click Launch service.

  3. In the left navigation pane, click Configure > Alerts.

  4. On the Alerts page, click Outbound settings.

  5. On the Outbound settings page, click Add.

  6. On the Outbound settings page, configure the settings according to your values in the VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook, and click Save.

Create Alerts in VMware Aria Operations for Cloud-Based Intelligent Operations for VMware Cloud Foundation

Create email notifications in VMware Aria Operations service to alert the SDDC operators of issues in the main monitoring parameters of the environment. You create a set of notifications according to the values in the Aria Operations Alerts List tab of the VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the VMware Cloud Services console at https://console.cloud.vmware.com/ with a user assigned the Operations Administrator role.
  2. On the Services page, locate the VMware Aria Operations tile, and click Launch service.

  3. In the left navigation pane, click Configure > Alerts.

  4. On the Alerts page, click Notifications.

  5. Configure the first notification.

    1. On the Notifications page, click Add.

    2. On the Notification tab, in the Name text box, enter the name of the first alert according to the value in the VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook, and click Next.

    3. On the Define criteria tab, in the Object scope section, from the All objects drop-down menu, select the objet type according to the value in your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook.

    4. In the Alert scope section, from the Category drop-down menu, select Alert definition.

    5. In the Alert definitions dialog box, in the filter text box, enter the alert definition according to the value in the VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook and press Enter.

    6. Select the filtered alert, drag it to the left pane and click OK.

    7. On the Notifications page, click Next.

    8. On the Set outbound method tab, from the Plug-in typ drop-down menu, select Standard email plugin, from the Instance drop-down menu, select the instance that you configured, and click Next.

    9. On the Select payload template tab, configure the settings according to the values in your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook, and click Create.

  6. Repeat this step for each of the remaining alerts in the Aria Operations Alerts List tab of the VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook,.