Configure product details

To view and configure products that were selected during environment creation, use
VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
.
You can configure product details as part of installation or as part of subsequent configuration tasks.
  1. Under the
    Product Details
    , select products for a new installation.
    Product
    Function
    VMware Aria Automation
    1. To monitor health of
      VMware Aria Automation
      , select the
      Monitor with
      VMware Aria Operations
      check box.
    2. To manage the workload using load balancer and reclaim unused resources from the resource pool, select the
      Workload Placement and Reclamation
      check box.
      This is only available for a new installation where in
      VMware Aria Operations
      monitors health of
      VMware Aria Automation
      . Inter-product configuration is not supported for an existing environment.
      Cross-product integration for
      VMware Aria Automation
      with
      VMware Aria Operations
      is not applicable for an import of
      VMware Aria Automation
      . This option is only applicable if there is a new installation of
      VMware Aria Automation
      .
      If
      VMware Aria Operations
      is not present, then you can integrate the products outside of
      VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
      .
      You can also perform cross-product configuration when
      VMware Aria Automation
      is the only product and
      VMware Aria Operations
      is a part of an environment or when
      VMware Aria Automation
      is deployed with import or as new install of
      VMware Aria Operations
      .
    3. For a newly installed
      VMware Aria Automation
      , select the
      Configure internal pods and service subsets
      checkbox, and then enter a
      K8 Cluster IP Range
      and
      K8 Service IP Range
      .
    4. Select the product certificate from the drop-down menu.
    5. (Optional) Select ON or OFF to activate or deactivate the FIPS compliance mode.
    6. Select the
      Applicable Time Sync mode
      .
    7. Select the
      Time Server (NTP)
      . For more information, see Configure NTP servers.
    8. If you want to configure cluster virtual IPs, then select the
      Yes
      or
      No
      options.
    9. (Optional) Click
      Anti-Affinity / Affinity Rule
      check box to create host rules in the
      vCenter Server
      for each deployed VM.
    VMware Aria Automation Config
    1. For
      VMware Aria Automation Config
      , select the
      Tenant ID
      from the drop-down menu under
      Product Properties
      .
    2. For v
      VMware Aria Automation Config
      , enter the
      VM name
      ,
      FQDN
      and
      Virtual IP Address
      under
      Components
      .
    • For
      VMware Aria Automation Config
      , you can only perform a single node
      VMware Aria Automation Config
      installation at a time. For
      VMware Aria Automation
      deployment along with
      VMware Aria Automation Config
      , the tenant ID is selected by default. Any additional
      VMware Aria Automation Config
      deployment can be performed based on the tenant as organic growth.
    • Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 Support (FIPS) is supported for
      VMware Aria Automation Config
      .
    VMware Aria Operations for Logs
    Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 Support (FIPS) is supported for
    VMware Aria Operations for Logs
    .
    1. Select the node size from the drop-down menu.
    2. (Optional) Select ON or OFF to enable or deactivate the FIPS compliance mode.
    3. Under
      Integrated Load Balance Configuration
      , if you select the
      Configure Cluster Virtual IPs
      , enter the
      FQDN
      and
      Virtual IP Address
      .
    4. To add more node, click
      ADD NODE
      .
    5. Select the
      Applicable Time Sync Mode
      .
    6. Under components, enter the
      vRLI
      primary node details.
    7. (Optional) Click
      Anti-Affinity / Affinity Rule
      check box to create host rules in the
      vCenter Server
      for each deployed VM.
    8. (Optional) Click
      Add Components
      to configure additional settings.
    9. Enter the required fields.
    VMware Aria Operations
    Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 Support (FIPS) is supported for
    VMware Aria Operations for Logs
    .
    1. Under
      Product Properties
      , select the
      Disable TLS version
      from the drop-down menu.
    2. (Optional) Select ON or OFF to enable or deactivate the FIPS compliance mode.
    3. Select the
      Certificate
      from the drop-down menu.
    4. (Optional) Click
      Anti-Affinity / Affinity Rule
      check box to create host rules in the
      vCenter Server
      for each deployed VM.
    5. Add the
      Product Password
      .
    6. (Optional) Click
      Integrate with Identity Manager
      check box.
    7. Select the
      Time Sync Mode
      .
    8. For continuous availability-based deployment, under
      Components
      , enter the
      Infrastructure
      and
      Network
      details for the
      Witness Domain
      .
    9. For Continous Availability (CA) based deployment, enter the
      Infrastructure
      and
      Network
      details for
      Fault Domain 1
      and
      Fault Domain 2
      .
    10. If you want to add additional data nodes for a cluster, click the
      Add Components
      tab.
      If you select
      Use Global Configuration
      , the field data is populated based on the information provided in the
      Infrastructure
      tab. You can select this option for
      Witness Domain
      ,
      Fault Domain 1
      , or
      Fault Domain 2
      . Ensure that each domain is in different physical location so that if one fault domain fails, nodes from the other fault domain remains active.
    11. If you want to add remote collectors, click
      Add Collector Group
      , and then add the details for the new collector nodes.
    VMware Aria Operations for Networks
    1. Under the
      Product Properties
      , select the node size from the drop-down menu.
    2. Select the applicable
      Time Sync Mode
      .
    3. Under components, enter the
      platform
      and
      collector
      details for
      VMware Aria Operations for Networks
      .
    4. (Optional) Click
      Anti-Affinity / Affinity Rule
      check box to create host rules in the
      vCenter Server
      for each deployed VM.
    VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator
    VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator
    offers two setup options:
    • VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator
      -Integrated
      This is the traditional
      VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator
      setup option, where
      VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator
      is integrated with
      VMware Aria Automation
      and you can install
      VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator
      after installing
      VMware Aria Automation
    • VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator
      Standalone: This setup option has no dependency on
      VMware Aria Automation
      and it allows you to integrate with vSphere.
    1. Under the
      Product Properties
      , select ON or OFF to enable or deactivate the FIPS compliance mode.
    2. Select the
      Certificate
      from the drop-down menu.
    3. Add the
      Product Password
      .
    4. Select the applicable
      Time Sync Mode
      .
    5. For a standard deployment, enter the host name and IP address under
      Components
      .
    6. Under
      Cluster Virtual IP
      , enter the load balancer host
      FQDN
      for the cluster deployment.
    7. Under
      Components
      , enter the host name and IP address for the primary and secondary nodes.
    VMware Workspace ONE Access
    1. Under the
      Product Properties
      , select the certificate from drop-down menu.
    2. Select the admin password from the locker.
    3. Specify the default configuration admin user name and password. This configuration is created as local user in
      VMware Workspace ONE Access
      and is used for
      VMware Aria Suite
      product integration.
    4. Check
      Sync Group Members
      . When enabled, members of the groups are synced from the active directory. When this is deactivated, group names are synced to the directory, but members of the group are not synced.
    5. For a cluster deployment, under
      Cluster Virtual IP
      , enter
      Cluster VIP FQDN
      . This setting is used to load balance the application.
    6. For a cluster deployment, enter the database IP address that is used internally for proxy access to the primary postgres database.
      This is not same as the address used to load-balance the application and the IP address should be free and available.
    7. Under
      Components
      , enter the
      VMware Workspace ONE Access
      single or cluster node details.