Supported VMware Cloud on Dell EMC Solution

In
VMware Aria Operations for Networks
, you can add your data sources that are deployed in
VMware Cloud
on Dell EMC.

Configuring VMware Cloud on Dell EMC in
VMware Aria Operations for Networks

To get insights about data sources deployed in
VMware Cloud
on Dell EMC, you must add the following data sources in
VMware Aria Operations for Networks
:
  1. VMware vCenter
  2. VMC on Dell EMC NSX Manager
  3. VMware HCX
Sl. No.
Action
Procedure
1
Generate a shared secret for adding a collector.
2
Deploy
VMware Aria Operations for Networks
collector in
VMware Cloud
on Dell EMC.
Setting up Network Insight Collector (OVA)
Make sure to deploy a
VMware Aria Operations for Networks
collector within every SDDC that is added as a data source.
Also, for a single node SDDC in
VMware Cloud (VMC)
, make sure the CPU resource reservation for the collector VM must be at least 1251 MHz.
During this step, you must configure Web proxies and Firewall rules for
VMware Cloud (VMC)
.
When you deploy a
VMware Aria Operations for Networks
collector in
VMware Cloud
on Dell EMC, the following scenarios are not supported:
  • Using a
    VMware Aria Operations for Networks
    collector deployed in a
    VMware Cloud (VMC)
    SDDC to collect data from another
    VMware Cloud (VMC)
    SDDC.
  • Deploying a collector on extended segments.
    You must deploy the
    VMware Aria Operations for Networks
    collector on a native
    VMware Cloud (VMC)
    segment.
3
Add the
VMware vCenter
server deployed in VMware Cloud on Dell EMC in
VMware Aria Operations for Networks
.
4
Generate an API token from
VMware Cloud
services.
Generate API Tokens
To generate API tokens, you must have
VMC on Dell EMC Administrator
and
VMC on Dell EMC Cloud Admin role for NSX
service roles.
5
Add
VMware Cloud
on Dell EMC NSX Manager in
VMware Aria Operations for Networks
.
6
(Optional) Add VMware HCX in
VMware Aria Operations for Networks
.

Viewing Entity Details

Once the data collection starts, you can view the data source related information in
VMware Aria Operations for Networks
. To know about entity details, see Viewing Entity Details.