Adding a Data Source in VMware Aria
Operations for Networks
VMware Aria
Operations for Networks
You must add data sources into
VMware Aria
Operations for Networks
to gather data of your
data center.To add a data source, go to
.After adding a data source, you see the
Accounts and Data Sources
page where data sources are
categorized based on the following options:- All: Displays all the available data sources.
- With Problems: Displays the data sources whereVMware Aria Operations for Networkshas found one or more problems.
- With Recommendations: Displays auto generated recommendations fromVMware Aria Operations for Networksfor the data sources that require additional information.
Each data source displays the following
details:
Properties | Description |
---|---|
Type | Displays the type of data source. |
Name | Displays the name of the data source. |
Identifier | Displays IP address or FQDN details of data
source. |
Last Metric Collection | Displays the time stamp of the last metric data
collection. |
Last Configuration Collection | Displays the time stamp of the last configuration
data collection. |
Local Tags | Displays all the local tags associated with the data
source. |
Polling Interval | Displays the polling interval that is defined for
the data source. |
Discovered Entities | Displays the number of VMs that are discovered for
that data source. The Discovered Entities column is populated only if the data
source is VMware
vCenter or AWS. |
Flows | Displays the count of flows for the data
source. |
Data Collection | Indicates if the date collection on the data
source is enabled or not. |
While adding a data source,
do not add the same data source more than once using different IP addresses or
FQDNs.
To select the columns that you want to
view in the table, you can click the
Manage Table Columns
icon on the table header. You can view the details of maximum five columns at a
time.To edit or delete a data source, you can click the
More Options
icon next to the data source. For the data
sources that support customizable polling interval, you can also use the
Collect Now
option to run the configuration data
collection process. VMware Aria
Operations for Networks
provides the following functions to enable easy access to
the information of data sources.- You can search a data source by name, IP address, or by the collector VM name by using the search bar located above the column headers.
- You can filter information by different data sources in theTypecolumn. You can also filter data sources based on data collection in theData Collectioncolumn.
- You can sort information by clicking thesorticon on any column.
VMware Aria
Operations for Networks
enables you to add
different types of VMware products and other third party data sources ranging from
public cloud, containers, firewalls, routers and switches, and load balancers.