Cluster
Management
VMware Aria
Operations
includes a central page where you can monitor
and manage the nodes in your VMware Aria
Operations
cluster and the adapters that are installed on the nodes. How Cluster
Management Works
Cluster management lets you view and change the online
or offline state of the overall
VMware Aria
Operations
cluster or the individual nodes. In addition, you can
activate or deactivate high availability (HA) and view statistics related to the
adapters that are installed on the nodes. Where You Find Cluster
Management
From the left menu, click
Administration
, and
then click the Cluster Management
tile. Cluster Management
Options
The options include
cluster-level monitoring and management features.
Option
| Description
|
|---|---|
Actions | Expand Actions.
|
Cluster Status
| Displays the online, offline, or unknown state of the VMware Aria
Operations
cluster. Once CA is
activated, it displays the status of the two fault
domains. |
High Availability
| Indicates whether HA is activated, deactivated, or degraded. |
Continuous Availability | Indicates whether CA is activated, deactivated, or degraded. |
VMware Aria
Operations
provides node-level information and a toolbar for taking
nodes online or offline. Option
| Description
|
|---|---|
Node Name
| Machine name of the node.
The node that you are
logged into displays a dot next to the name.
|
Node Address
| Internet protocol (IP) address of the node. Primary and replica nodes
require static IP addresses. Data nodes can use DHCP or static IP. |
Cluster Role
| Type of VMware Aria
Operations node: primary, data, replica, or witness
node (only applicable for CA). |
Fault Domain | Displays the fault domain a node is associated to in a CA activated
cluster. This
column appears only if CA is activated. |
Node Pair | Displays which pair the node belongs to. For example, in CA, nodes are
added in pairs. If there are four nodes, the column displays whether
the node is part of pair one or two. This column
appears only if CA is activated. |
State
| Running, Not Running, Going Online, Going
Offline, Inaccessible, Failure, Error
|
Status
| Online, offline, unknown, or other condition
of the node.
|
Objects in Process
| Total environment objects that the node
currently monitors.
|
Objects Being Collected | Total environment objects that the node
collected. |
Metrics in Process
| Total metrics that the node has discovered since being added to the
cluster. |
Metrics Being Collected | Total metrics the node has collected since being added to the
cluster. |
Version
| Displays the VMware Aria
Operations software version and the build number
installed on the node. |
In addition, there are adapter
statistics for the selected node.
Option
| Description
|
|---|---|
Name
| Name that the installing user gave to the
adapter.
|
Status
| Indication of whether the adapter is
collecting data or not.
|
Objects Being Collected
| Total environment objects that the adapter
currently monitors.
|
Metrics Being Collected
| Total metrics that the adapter has collected
since being installed on the node.
|
Last Collection Time
| Date and time of the most recent data
collection by the adapter.
|
Added On
| Date and time when the adapter was installed
on the node.
|