If your environment includes the Intelligent Operations Management for VMware Cloud Foundation validated solution, you can expand monitoring and alerting coverage of VMware Aria Operations to include the Intelligent Network Visibility for VMware Cloud Foundation validated solution.

Prerequisites

Verify that VMware Aria Operations is deployed and operational in a local environment in VMware Cloud Foundation mode using the corresponding VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle instance.

Table 1. Design Decisions on Monitoring and Alerting Using Intelligent Operations Management for VMware Cloud Foundation

Decision ID

Design Decision

Design Justification

Design Implication

INV-MON-IOM-001

Add a Ping adapter for each VMware Aria Operations for Networks platform and collector node.

Provides metrics on the availability of each VMware Aria Operations for Networks platform and collector node.

You must add the adapter instances manually.

INV-MON-IOM-002

Configure the Ping adapter for the VMware Aria Operations for Networks platform node to use the defaultcollector group.

Provides metrics on the availability of the platform nodes.

None.

INV-MON-IOM-003

Configure the Ping adapter for the VMware Aria Operations for Networks collector node to use the local-instance collector group.

Offloads data collection for local management components from the VMware Aria Operations for Networks analytics cluster.

None.

INV-MON-IOM-004

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

  • Activates the VMware Aria Operations for Networks dashboard in VMware Aria Operations.

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

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

You must manage the password life cycle of this endpoint.

For more information, see the Intelligent Operations Management for VMware Cloud Foundation validated solution.

Configure a Ping Adapter for the Platform and Collector Nodes in VMware Aria Operations for Intelligent Network Visibility for VMware Cloud Foundation

To verify the availability of the VMware Aria Operations for Networks, configure the Ping adapter integration in VMware Aria Operations. The ping functionality is configured at the adapter instance for IP addresses, group of IP addresses, and FQDNs.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the VMware Aria Operations interface at https://<aria_operations_fqdn> with a user assigned the Administrator role.
  2. In the left pane, navigate to Administration > Integration.

  3. On the Accounts tab, click Add account.

  4. On the Account types page, click the Ping card.

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

  6. On the Add account - ping page, click Validate connection.

  7. In the Info dialog box, click OK.

  8. Click Add.

  9. On the Accounts tab, expand the Ping account and verify that the collection status of the Ping adapter is OK.

  10. Repeat for each VMware Aria Operations for Networks collector node in the VMware Cloud Foundation instance.

Integrate VMware Aria Operations for Networks with VMware Aria Operations for Intelligent Network Visibility for VMware Cloud Foundation

To view network alerts on an alerts dashboard and see specific network health VMware Aria Operations, configure the integration from VMware Aria Operations for Networks to VMware Aria Operations.

Configure the VMware Aria Operations for Networks Management Pack in VMware Aria Operations for Intelligent Network Visibility for VMware Cloud Foundation

To view network alerts on alerts dashboards, you install and activate a management pack for VMware Aria Operations for Networks in VMware Aria Operations.

Prodecure

  1. Log in to the VMware Aria Operations interface at https://<aria_operations_fqdn> with a user assigned the Administrator role.
  2. In the left pane, navigate to Administration > Integration.
  3. On the Integrations page, click on the Repository tab.
  4. Click the VMware Aria Operations for Networks card and click Activate.
  5. On the Activate management pack dialog box, click Yes.

Configure Credentials for VMware Aria Operations for Networks in VMware Aria Operations for Intelligent Network Visibility for VMware Cloud Foundation

To manage access for the integration between VMware Aria Operations for Networks and VMware Aria Operations, you create a cloud account in VMware Aria Operations.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the VMware Aria Operations interface at https://<aria_operations_fqdn> with a user assigned the Administrator role.
  2. In the left pane, navigate to Administration > Integration.
  3. Click the Accounts tab and click Add.
  4. On the Account types page, click the VMware Aria Operations for Networks card.
  5. On the Add account page, in the Cloud account information section, configure the settings according to your values in the VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook.
  6. In the Connection information section, next to Credential, click the Add new icon.
  7. In the Manage credential dialog box, configure the settings according to your values in the VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook, and click OK
  8. In the Connection information section, click Validate connection.
  9. In the Review and accept certificate dialog box, verify the certificate information, and click Accept.
  10. In the Info dialog box, click OK.
  11. On the Integrations page, verify that the collection status of the VMware Aria Operations for Networks adapter is OK.