VMware Aria Universal Suite (formerly known as VMware vRealize Cloud Universal) is a SaaS cloud management suite that combines automation, operations, and log analytics into one license.

VMware Aria Universal Suite is a significant evolution of the VMware Aria cloud management solution, and it is poised to accelerate customer’s digital transformation journey. With VMware Aria Universal Suite , you have several options to activate your VMware Aria Universal Suites services. You can activate your VMware Aria Universal Suite services through VMware Skyline or VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle . You can switch your licenses when you upgrade from on-premise to subscriptions to maintain compliances with the cloud service. This guide also describes how to install VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle and Cloud Proxy for new or existing VMware Aria Cloud deployment.

There are two approaches of purchasing VMware Aria Universal Suitesubscriptions:

  • Sales led approach: purchase your VMware Aria Universal Suite subscription from the VMware Sales team. The documentation included in this guide covers this approach.

  • Self service approach: purchase your VMware Aria Universal Suite subscription directly from VMware Aria Subscription. For more information, go to How to purchase and use VMware Aria Universal Suite subscriptions.

The diagram in this section illustrates how to activate VMware Aria Universal Suite on-premise license and then connect VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle on-premise license to VMware Aria Subscription.

The diagram in this section illustrates how to activate VMware Aria Universal Suite on-premises license from VMware Skyline.



For more information on VMware Skyline, see Onboarding and Activating VMware Aria Universal Suite Subscription.

If you want to learn more about VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle, see VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle documentation. For more information about VMware Aria Subscription, see VMware Aria Subscription documentation.