Add a Primary Federation Instance

You must set a
VMware Aria Operations for Networks
instance as a primary instance that will host the Federation page and configure peer instances that will send the data to this primary instance.
To configure the primary instance, you must have the VMware Aria Universal Suite subscription and the administrator privilege.
  1. In the navigation panel on the left of the Homepage, click
    Settings
    Infrastructure and Support
    .
  2. On the
    Infrastructure and Support
    page, Select the
    Federation
    tab.
  3. Click
    Configure
    to add the primary instance details.
    In the
    Configure Instance
    page, do the following:
    1. Mode
      : select the mode as Primary
    2. Nickname
      : Enter a nick name
    3. Location
      : Search by the city name or zip code and select the city to add it as the location
  4. Click
    Submit
    .
  5. In the
    Federation
    page, Click
    Add Peer
    and copy the contents of the shared secret.
    You will require this while configuring a peer instance of
    VMware Aria Operations for Networks
    .
Configure peer instances which will send data to the primary instance.