Before Upgrading to VMware Aria
Operations 8.17.1
VMware Aria
Operations
8.17.1With every
VMware Aria
Operations
release, many metrics are either discontinued or deactivated.
These changes update the capacity analytics and improve the product scale. VMware has made
many of these changes transparent or nearly so. Still, multiple changes can impact
management packs that you might be using, along with the dashboards and reports that you
have created. Therefore, before upgrading, run the VMware Aria
Operations
Pre-upgrade
Readiness Assessment Tool (Assessment Tool) that helps you understand the precise impact on
your environment through a detailed report. Why Run the Assessment
Tool
Various changes in
VMware Aria
Operations
can
impact the user experience. When you run the Assessment Tool, you get an
HTML-formatted report identifying all the points in your system affected by the
changes. Further, the Assessment Tool gives recommendations for the correct changes
to be made in your content for when you upgrade from a previous release. You must run the Assessment Tool on the
instance of the
VMware Aria
Operations
installation that you want to
assess - typically your production system. The Assessment Tool does not alter
anything in your system, and deletes itself when it has completed its run. It
leaves behind only the assessment result - a support bundle that you download
from the Support Bundles section of the VMware Aria
Operations
Administration user interface. The Assessment tool validates your environment to ensure it is ready for
the upgrade. For example, if the ESXi version does not match the product
requirements, the assessment tool will identify the issue and provide you
with a recommendation in the Systems Validation tab.
For detailed instructions on
running the Assessment Tool, see
Running the VMware Aria Operations 8.17.1 Pre-Upgrade Readiness Assessment Tool.
To view the upgrade path from an earlier version
of
VMware Aria
Operations
to 8.17.1, see VMware Aria
Operations
Upgrade Path.