General
VMware Aria Operations
Cluster Node Requirements

You have to follow some general requirements to create a node on your environment.

General Requirements

  • VMware Aria Operations
    version. All nodes must run the same
    VMware Aria Operations
    version.
    For example, do not add a version 6.1 data node to a cluster of
    VMware Aria Operations
    6.2 nodes.
  • Analytics Cluster Deployment Type. In the analytics cluster, all nodes must be the same kind of deployment.
  • Witness Node Deployment Type. The witness node must be the same kind of deployment.
  • Analytics Cluster Node Sizing. In the analytics cluster, CPU, memory, and disk size must be identical for all nodes.
    Primary, replica, and data nodes must be uniform in sizing.
  • Witness Node Sizing. The witness node has only one size and may be of different sizes from the uniform analytics cluster node size
  • Geographical Proximity. You may place analytics cluster nodes in different
    vSphere
    clusters, but the nodes must reside in the same geographical location.
    Different geographical locations are not supported.
  • Witness Node Placement. You may place the witness node in a different
    vSphere
    cluster separate from the analytics nodes.
    A
    VMware Aria Operations
    cluster can have only one witness node.
  • Virtual Machine Maintenance. When any node is a virtual machine, you may only update the virtual machine software by directly updating the
    VMware Aria Operations
    software.
    For example, going outside of
    VMware Aria Operations
    to access
    vSphere
    to update VMware Tools is not supported.
  • Redundancy and Isolation. If you expect to activate HA, place analytics cluster nodes on separate hosts. See VMware Aria Operations 고가용성 정보.
  • If you expect to activate CA, place analytics cluster nodes on separate hosts in fault domains, stretched across
    vSphere
    clusters. See VMware Aria Operations 지속적인 가용성 정보.

Requirements for Solutions

Be aware that solutions might have requirements beyond those for
VMware Aria Operations
itself.
See your solution documentation, and verify any additional requirements before installing solutions. Note that the terms
solution
,
management pack
,
adapter
, and
plug-in
are used interchangeably.