Life Cycle Management Design for Health Reporting and Monitoring for VMware Cloud Foundation

Life cycle management details the design decisions for the life cycle management of the host virtual machine and the installed software components.

Life cycle management of the host virtual machine, the PowerShell Module for VMware Cloud Foundation Reporting, and the Python Module for VMware Cloud Foundation Health Monitoring in VMware Aria Operations involves the process of applying updates manually.

Table 1. Design Decisions on Life Cycle Management

Decision ID	Design Decision	Design Justification	Design Implication
HRM-VM-LCM-001	Manage the updates for the host virtual machine's guest operating system using your organization's tools and processes.	Update the host virtual machine in accordance with your organizations processes and policies to ensure security and critical fixes are applied in a timely manner.	The host virtual machine is not managed by SDDC Manager.
HRM-LCM-001	Manually update PowerShell Module for VMware Cloud Foundation Reporting when new versions are available.	Updating the PowerShell Module for VMware Cloud Foundation Reporting when new versions are released ensures the latest features and bug fixes are applied.	None
HRM-LCM-002	Manually update the Python Module for VMware Cloud Foundation Health Monitoring in VMware Aria Operations. See the README.md in the GitHub repository.	Updating the Python module for VMware Cloud Foundation Health Monitoring in VMware Aria Operations when new versions are released ensures the latest features and bug fixes are applied.	None