How do I set up a VMware Aria Suite
Lifecycle instance on VMware Cloud
VMware Aria Suite
Lifecycle
instance on VMware Cloud Using the easy installer, you can set up an
VMware Aria Suite
Lifecycle
instance on a VMware Cloud, such as AWS.By default, VMware Cloud includes one vCenter with clusters and objects. You can use the easy installer to set up an
VMware Aria Suite
Lifecycle
instance on your VMC. You can use VMware cloud to set up a software defined data center. By default, only the Compute-ResourcePool, and the Management VMs and Workloads folders are available. To deploy VMs, configure all deployments under the Workloads folder and on the WorkloadDatastore.The Easy Installer does not support migration for
VMware Aria Suite
Lifecycle
to 8.2 on a VMC vCenter. You must install and configure a new VMware Aria Suite
Lifecycle
instance. - Navigate to the Appliance Deployment Target tab of the easy installer.
- Enter the details of your VMC vCenter, using the cloud admin account as your username clickNext.The required user role and privileges are highlighted on screen.By default, the VMC vCenter cloud admin account is the only user account with access the vCenter inventory.
- On the Select a Location tab, select Workloads and clickNext.
- Select a cluster under Select a Compute Resource and clickNext.
- Select WorkloadDatastore as the storage location and clickNext.
- On the Network Configuration and Password Configuration tabs, set up yourNetworkandPassword configurationby entering the required fields, and clickingNext.
- For aVMware Aria Suite LifecycleVM, enter theNTP Serverfor the appliance and clickNext.
The network configurations provided for all products are a one time entry for your configuration settings. The password provided is also common for all products and you need not enter the password again while you are installing the products.Password should have minimum one upper case, one lower case, one number, and one special character. Special characters can be !@#$%^&*(). Colon(:) is not supported in the password forVMware Aria Automation8.0 and 8.0.1. - Set upVMware Aria Suite Lifecycleconfiguration settings,
- Enter aVirtual Machine Name,IP Address, andHostname.
- Provide configuration information. Enter theData Center Name,vCenter NameandIncrease the Disk Spacefields.
- Enable or disable theFIPS Mode Compliance, as required.
- ClickNext.
A
VMware Aria Suite
Lifecycle
instance is successfully configured on VMC. However, if configuration fails ensure these settings are correct and retry configuration:
- User role and permissions are not correct. Refer to vCenter Permissions for information on what roles and permissions are required.
- The selected resources are not correct. You can only select and use ComputeResourcePool, the Workload folder, and Workload Datastore in your configuration.