Life cycle management details the design decisions for the life cycle management of VMware Aria Operations for Networks.

Life cycle management of Intelligent Network Visibility for VMware Cloud Foundation involves the process of applying updates or upgrades to VMware Aria Operations for Networks.

Table 1. Design Decisions on Life Cycle Management for VMware Aria Operations for Networks

Decision ID

Design Decision

Design Justification

Design Implication

INV-VAON-LCM-001

Use VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle to perform the life cycle management of VMware Aria Operations for Networks.

VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle manages the product binaries and upgrades of VMware Aria Operations for Networks.

  • You must deploy VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle by using SDDC Manager.

  • VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle manages patches, updates, and hot fixes for VMware Aria Operations for Networks