After you deploy the VMware Cloud Proxy for VMware Aria Operations appliances in an additional VMware Cloud Foundation instance, perform the necessary configuration tasks to activate the VMware Aria Operations services in the additional VMware Cloud Foundation instance.
Perform the post-deployment configuration of the VMware Cloud Proxy for VMware Aria Operations appliances in the additional VMware Cloud Foundation instance according to your values in the VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook.
Procedure
In the inventory of the management domain vCenter Server in the additional VMware Cloud Foundation instance, create a dedicated virtual machine and template folder for the VMware Cloud Proxy for VMware Aria Operations appliances in the additional VMware Cloud Foundation instance.
Follow the steps mentioned in Create Virtual Machine and Template Folders for the VMware Aria Operations Appliances for Intelligent Operations Management for VMware Cloud Foundation for the virtual machine and template folder for the VMware Cloud Proxy appliances in the additional VMware Cloud Foundation instance according to your values in the VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook.
Move the VMware Cloud Proxy for VMware Aria Operations appliances in the additional VMware Cloud Foundation instance to the dedicated folder that you created in the inventory of the management domain vCenter Server in the additional VMware Cloud Foundation instance.
Follow the steps mentioned in Move the VMware Aria Operations Appliances to the Dedicated Folders for Intelligent Operations Management for VMware Cloud Foundation for both the VMware Cloud Proxy appliances in the additional VMware Cloud Foundation instance according to your values in the VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook.
If the management domain is configured with two availability zones, move the VMware Cloud Proxy for VMware Aria Operations appliances to the VM group for the first availability zone.
Follow the steps mentioned in Add the VMware Aria Operations Appliances to the First Availability Zone VM Group for Intelligent Operations Management for VMware Cloud Foundation for the VMware Cloud Proxy appliances in the additional VMware Cloud Foundation instance according to your values in the VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook.
Configure a vSphere DRS anti-affinity rule for the VMware Cloud Proxy for VMware Aria Operations appliances in the additional VMware Cloud Foundation instance.
Follow the steps mentioned in Configure vSphere DRS Anti-Affinity Rules for the VMware Aria Operations Appliances for Intelligent Operations Management for VMware Cloud Foundation for the VMware Cloud Proxy appliances in the additional VMware Cloud Foundation instance according to your values in the VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook.
Group the VMware Cloud Proxy for VMware Aria Operations appliances in the additional VMware Cloud Foundation instance into a VMware Aria Operation collector group..
Follow the steps mentioned in Group the VMware Cloud Proxy Appliances for Intelligent Operations Management for VMware Cloud Foundation for the VMware Cloud Proxy appliances in the additional VMware Cloud Foundation instance according to your values in the VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook.
- Integrate VMware Aria Operations with VMware Cloud Foundation by assigning a service account a role in SDDC Manager with the required privileges.
Follow the steps mentioned in Assign SDDC Manager Role to a Service Account for Intelligent Operations Management for VMware Cloud Foundation in the additional VMware Cloud Foundation instance according to your values in the VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook.
- Integrate VMware Aria Operations with vSphere by creating a custom role with the required privileges in the vSphere client.
Follow the steps mentioned in Define a Custom Role in vSphere for Intelligent Operations Management for VMware Cloud Foundation in the additional VMware Cloud Foundation instance according to your values in the VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook
- To provide the necessary privileges to the service account for VMware Aria Operations to vSphere integration, you assign the custom role to the integration service account in vCenter Server.
Follow the steps mentioned in Configure Service Account Permissions for vSphere Integration for Intelligent Operations Management for VMware Cloud Foundation in the additional VMware Cloud Foundation instance according to your values in the VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook.
