Configure the deployment for VMware Aria Operations in a VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle logical environment in VMware Cloud Foundation mode.

UI Procedure

  1. Log in to VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle at https://<aria_suite_lifecycle_fqdn> as vcfadmin@local.
  2. On the My services page, click Lifecycle operations.
  3. Add the Load Balancer for VMware Aria Operations.

    1. In the left pane, click Settings and click the Load Balancer card.

    2. On the Load Balancer page, click Add Load Balancer.

    3. In the Add Load Balancer dialog box, configure the following setting, configure the remaining settings according to your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook, and click Add.

      Setting

      Value

      Controller type

      VMware Cloud Foundation managed NSX-T

  4. Reuse or create the cross-instance environment.

    • If you have a VMware Aria Automation implementation in your VMware Cloud Foundation environment as another validated solution, in the left navigation pane, click Environments, in the card of the cross-instance environment with VMware Aria Automation , click the horizontal ellipsis, and select Add product.

    • If you do not have a VMware Aria Automation implementation in your VMware Cloud Foundation environment as another validated solution, in the left navigation pane, click Create environment, configure the following settings, configure the remaining settings according to your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook, and click Next.

      Setting

      Value

      Activate SDDC Manager integration

      Enabled

      JSON configuration

      Disabled

      Join the VMware Customer Experience Improvement Program

      Selected
      Note:

      When you activate the VMware Cloud Foundation mode, you initialize the creation of the NSX load balancer for VMware Aria Operations and you ensure the password management and the product visibility in SDDC Manager.

    • On the Select product page, select the check box for VMware Aria Operations , configure the settings, and click Next.

      Setting

      Value

      Installation type

      New install

      Version

      Select the compatible version from the VMware Cloud Foundation release.

      Deployment type

      Medium

      Node count

      3

  5. On the End user license agreement page, agree to license agreement, and click Next.

  6. On the License page, select or manually add the VMware Aria Suite or VMware Aria Operations license, click Validate association, and click Next.

    • To select the license from the locker, click Select, select the license alias and click Update, click Validate Association.

    • To add the license manually, click Add, enter the license alias and key, click Validate, and click Add.

  7. On the Certificate page, from the Select certificate drop-down menu, select the appropriate certificate for VMware Aria Operations and click Next.

  8. On the Infrastructure page, configure the following settings, configure the remaining settings according to your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook, and click Next.

    Setting

    Value

    Select resource pool

    n/a

    Select disk mode

    Thin

    Use content library

    Disabled
    Note:

    The resource pool setting is applicable for VMware Cloud Foundation consolidated management and VI workload domain consumption model.

  9. On the Network page, review the settings and click Next.

  10. On the Products page, in the Product properties section, configure the following settings, configure the remaining settings according to your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook.

    Setting

    Value

    Deactivate TLS version

    TLSv1, TLSv1.1

    Anti-affinity / affinity rule

    Selected

    DRS Anti-Affinity Rules Types

    Selected

  11. In the Cluster virtual IP panel, select VMware Cloud Foundation managed NSX-T from the Controller Type drop down, select the FQDN from the drop down which was added earlier as part of the add Load Balancer procedure.

  12. Configure the VMware Aria Operations primary node.

    1. In the master panel, enter your values from the VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook.

    2. On the right side of the master panel, click the Advanced configuration icon.

    3. In the Storage extension text box, enter the name of the datastore according to your value in the VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook.

    4. Under Default properties, from the Time zone drop-down menu, select UTC and click Save.

  13. Configure the VMware Aria Operations replica node.

    1. In the replica panel, enter your values from the VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook.

    2. On the right side of the replica panel, click the Advanced configuration icon.

    3. In the Storage extension text box, enter the name of the datastore according to your value in the VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook and click Save.

  14. Configure the VMware Aria Operations data node.

    1. In the data panel, enter your values from the VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook.

    2. On the right side of the replica panel, click the Advanced configuration icon.

    3. In the Storage extension text box, enter the name of the datastore according to your value in the VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook and click Save.

  15. Above the master panel with the primary node configuration, in the Components panel, click the Add component icon and select Cloud Proxy.

  16. Configure the first VMware Cloud Proxy for VMware Aria Operations appliance.

    1. In the vrops-cloudproxy panel, from the Node size drop-down menu, select Small, and configure the settings according to your values in the VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook.

    2. On the right side of the vrops-cloudproxy panel, click the Advanced configuration icon.

    3. Under Infrastructure, configure the following settings, configure the remaining settings according to your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook.

      Setting

      Value

      Select resource pool

      N/A

      Select disk mode

      Thin

    4. Under Default properties, from the Time zone drop-down menu, select UTC and click Save.

  17. Repeat step 15 to add the second VMware Cloud Proxy.

    1. In the vrops-cloudproxy-2 panel, repeat step 16 for the second cloud proxy according to your values in the VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook.

  18. Click Next.

  19. On the Precheck page, click Run precheck.

  20. After all prechecks finish with a Passed messages and click Next.

  21. On the Summary page, review the configuration details.

  22. (Optional) To save the deployment configuration, click Export configuration.

  23. Click Submit.

  24. On the Request details page, monitor the deployment progress until all stages become Completed.

  25. For VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0 or earlier, add ECDSA SSH keys to the known_hosts file of SDDC Manager.

    1. Log in to SDDC Manager at <sddc_manager_fqdn>:22 as the vcf user by using a Secure Shell (SSH) client.

    2. Switch to the root user by running the command.

      su

    3. Generate the ECDSA SSH key and save it to the known_hosts file.

      ssh-keyscan -t ecdsa <aria_operations_nodea_fqdn> >> /etc/vmware/vcf/commonsvcs/known_hosts
ssh-keyscan -t ecdsa <aria_operations_nodeb_fqdn> >> /etc/vmware/vcf/commonsvcs/known_hosts
ssh-keyscan -t ecdsa <aria_operations_nodec_fqdn> >> /etc/vmware/vcf/commonsvcs/known_hosts
    4. Log in to SDDC Manager at https://<sddc_manager_fqdn> with a user assigned the Admin role.

    5. In the bottom right, expand the Tasks window by clicking the double arrow.

    6. Navigate to the Configure vRealize Log Insight agent on vRealize Operations Manager virtual appliances subtask and click Restart task.

PowerShell Procedure

  1. Start 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 = "[email protected]"
$sddcManagerPass = "VMw@re1!"

$workbook = "F:\vvs\pnp\pnpWorkbook.xlsx"
$iomJsonSpec = "F:\vvs\generatedJsons\iomJsonSpec.json"

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

    Export-IomJsonSpec -workbook $workbook -jsonFile $iomJsonSpec

New-vROPSDeployment -server $sddcManagerFqdn -user $sddcManagerUser -pass $sddcManagerPass -jsonFile $iomJsonSpec