After you implement the Intelligent Logging and Analytics for VMware Cloud Foundation validated solution, monitor the components that are newly added or reconfigured in your VMware Cloud Foundation environment.

For validated monitoring solutions, see VMware Cloud Foundation Validated Solutions.

If VMware Aria Operations is integrated into your VMware Cloud Foundation environment, you can connect VMware Aria Operations to VMware Aria Operations for Logs by using the native integration in VMware Aria Operations for Logs to provide event forwarding and launch in context in VMware Aria Operations.

With the integration between VMware Aria Operations for Logs and VMware Aria Operations you can implement the following integration points.

Table 1. VMware Aria Operations for Logs Integration Points

Integration Point

Description

Notification events

Forward notification events from VMware Aria Operations for Logs to VMware Aria Operations.

Launch in context

Launch VMware Aria Operations for Logs from the VMware Aria Operations user interface.

Embedded VMware Aria Operations for Logs

Access the integrated VMware Aria Operations for Logs user interface directly in the VMware Aria Operations user interface.
Table 2. Design Decisions on Integration of VMware Aria Operations for Logs with VMware Aria Operations

Decision ID

Design Decision

Design Justification

Design Implication

ILA-VAOL-MON-001

Forward alerts to VMware Aria Operations.

Provides monitoring and alerting information that is pushed from VMware Aria Operations for Logs to VMware Aria Operations for centralized administration.

None.

ILA-VAOL-MON-002

Support launch in context with VMware Aria Operations.

Provides access to VMware Aria Operations for Logs for context-based monitoring of an object in VMware Aria Operations.

You can register only one VMware Aria Operations for Logs cluster with VMware Aria Operations for launch in context at a time.

ILA-VAOL-MON-003

Configure the VMware Aria Operations for Logs integration in VMware Aria Operations.

  • Activates the Logs tab in VMware Aria Operations.

  • Activates Troubleshoot with the Logs dashboard.

  • Activates VMware Aria Operations for Logs launch in context from VMware Aria Operations.

You can register only one VMware Aria Operations for Logs cluster with VMware Aria Operations at a time.

You must manage the password life cycle of this endpoint.

ILA-VAOL-MON-004

Configure the VMware Aria Operations for Logs adapter to use the local-instance collector group.

  • Local-instance components are configured to use the local collector group.

  • Offloads data collection for local management components from the analytics cluster.

None.

ILA-VAOL-MON-005

Add a Ping adapter for the VMware Aria Operations for Logs cluster.

Provides metrics on the availability of the VMware Aria Operations for Logs cluster.

You must add the adapter instances manually.

ILA-VAOL-MON-006

Configure the Ping adapter to use the local-instance collector group.

  • Local-instance components are configured to use the local collector group.

  • Offloads data collection for local management components from the analytics cluster.

None.

Prerequisites

Verify that VMware Aria Operations is deployed and operational in a logical environment in VMware Cloud Foundation mode using VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle.