VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for VMware Live Site Recovery 9.0 Release Notes

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What's New VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for VMware Live Site Recovery 9.0

The VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for VMware Live Site Recovery 9.0 provides the following new features:

• Support for VMware Aria Operations 8.16.1.

About the VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for VMware Live Site Recovery 9.0

The VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for VMware Live Site Recovery 9.0 allows VMware administrators to monitor the local VMware Live Site Recovery services in VMware Aria Operations Manager. The VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for VMware Live Site Recovery provides capabilities for monitoring the connectivity between VMware Live Site Recovery instances, the availability of a remote VMware Live Site Recovery instance, and the status of protection groups and recovery plans in VMware Live Site Recovery. Alarms are generated when there are VMware Live Site Recovery connectivity issues encountered or protection groups and recovery plans are in error state. The user interface provides statistics for the number of VLSR-related objects and how many of them have errors. For more information, see VMware Live Site Recovery and VMware Aria Operations.

The VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for VMware Live Site Recovery 9.0 release runs with VMware vRealize Operations 8.16.1. For more information on interoperability with earlier or later releases of VMware Aria Operations Manager, see the VMware Product Interoperability Matrices.

You can download the VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for VMware Live Site Recovery 9.0 from the download page.

Installation and Configuration

The VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for VMware Live Site Recovery 9.0 software requires VMware vRealize Operations 8.16.1, and VMware Live Site Recovery 9.0. For information on installing VMware vRealize Operations 8.16.1, see Installing VMware Aria Operations in the VMware Aria Operactions documentation. For information on installing VMware Live Site Recovery 9.0, see How do I set up VMware Live Site Recovery in the VMware Live Site Recovery documentation.

The VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for VMware Live Site Recovery 9.0 software is distributed as PAK file. You install and configure the management pack by using the Aria Operations interface.

1. Log in to Aria Operations Manager with administrator privileges.

2. From the left menu select Data Sources > Integrations, and then click Repository in the right pane.

3. Click Add.

4. Navigate to the VMware-srm-vrops-mp-9.0-<build number>.pak file and click Upload. When the PAK file is uploaded, click Next.

5. Read and agree to the end-user license agreement. Click Next to install the management pack.

6. Review the installation progress, and click Finish when the installation completes.

After the installation you must configure the VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for VMware Live Site Recovery 9.0 so that Aria Operation can collect data from the target system. The minimum role required to collect data is Ready-only. For more information on roles and permissions, see VMware Live Site Recovery Privileges, Roles, and Permissions and Using vCenter Server Roles to Assign Privileges.

1. In the left menu, click Data Sources > Integrations>Accounts.

2. In the accounts tab, click Add account.

3. Select Site Recovery Manager Adapter.

4. Enter the required information and click Add.

   Note: User name and password are case-sensitive.

Network Ports

VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for VMware Live Site Recovery requires port 443 (HTTPS protocol) to be open.

Caveats and Limitations

• Restarting the VMware Live Site Recovery services during the first collection cycle of VMware Aria Operations results in dashboard widgets not working. If this happens, you must re-install the VMware Live Site Recovery adapter or adapters.

Known Issues from Previous Releases

• Using the vRealize Operations administration page for upgrade of management packs is not supported

  Installing updates from the Software Updates pane of the vRealize Operations administration page is not supported for management pack due to a known issue with not updating the visual elements. The issue is fixed in VMware Aria Operations 8.12.

  Workaround: Use the standard vRealize Operations UI to upgrade the management pack.

  1. From the left menu click Data Sources>Integrations, and then click the Repository tab.

  2. On the Repository tab, click Add/Upgrade.

• Protection Group and Recovery Plan subfolders are listed twice in folder tree

  Folders that have subfolders might be duplicated when exploring the Object browser view.

  Workaround: None.

• The Edition key metric for the Site Recovery Manager Site object is not readable

  The Edition key metric must represent the type of license Evaluation or Permanent for the related Site Recovery Manager site but the value is not translated properly.

  Workaround: None.

• The Topology Graph widget does not load

  If you are using the vRealize Operations Management pack for Site Recovery Manager with vRealize Operations 8.2 or later, when you open the dashboard for the Site Recovery Manager Configuration Summary, the Topology Graph widget does not load.

  Workaround: This is an issue with the widget in vRealize Operations Manager 8.2 and later. Edit the widget without making any changes. That refreshes the widget and it will start working.

• Srm Configuration Summary does not show 'Srm Server Configuration' and 'Srm Server Details' widgets

  Srm Configuration Summary does not always show 'Srm Server Configuration' and 'Srm Server Details' widgets and displays three errors "Could not find any of the requested resources".

  Workaround: Refresh the page (app refresh) and the widgets will load and show accurate information.