Aria Operations provides a robust and integrated monitoring platform that resides at the center of the Telco Cloud Platform RAN environment. It monitors the virtual environment and collects data about its health, capacity, availability, and performance.

Prerequisites

  1. Download the VMware Aria Operations OVA file. To download Aria Operations, see the Telco Cloud Platform RAN Essentials 4.0 or 4.0.1 product downloads page.

  2. Verify that the FQDNs of the primary and primary replica nodes are registered with the DNS server for forward and reverse proxy.

  3. Verify that the FQDNs and IP addresses of the primary node and primary replica nodes are resolved by using nslookup.

  4. Verify that your user account has permission to deploy an OVF template to the inventory.

  5. Get familiar with Preparing for Installation and ensure that your environment meets all the requirements.

Procedure

  1. On the management cluster TCP_MGMT_CLUSTER, deploy the VMware Aria Operations appliance in standalone mode to act as the primary node by naming it to TCP_VROPS_PRIMARY. See Deployment of VMware Aria Operations.

  2. On the cluster TCP_MGMT_CLUSTER, deploy the VMware Aria Operations appliance as the data node (also acts as the primary replica) by naming it to TCP_VROPS_REPLICA1. Deploy an additional data node by naming it to TCP_VROPS_DATA1 for scalability.

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  3. Install the following management pack for the VMware Telco Cloud Platform RAN components:

    • VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Aria Automation Orchestrator

    Note:

    The following management packs are built into VMware Aria Operations:

    • VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for vCenter Server

    • VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Aria Operations for Logs

    • VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for vSAN

    1. Download the management pack that you want to install.

    2. In the left pane of the Vmware Aria Operations UI, select the Data Sources > Integration > Repository.

    3. Accept the End User License Agreement and click Next to start the management pack installation process.

    4. Click Finish.

    5. Repeat Steps a-d for each management pack that you want to install.

  4. Configure the following VMware Aria Operations management packs for the Telco Cloud Platform RAN components:

    1. Default management packs, such as vCenter Server, Aria Operations for Logs, and vSAN. See Connecting VMware Aria Operations to Data Sources.

    2. Other management packs, such as Kubernetes and VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator. See the Management Packs for Aria Operations documentation.

What to do next

Activate the Aria Operations management packs for vSAN and Aria Operations for Logs in the Aria Operations UI.