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.
Initial Setup Status Details
Option
Description
Actions
Expand Actions.
  • Click
    Network Time Protocol Settings
    to set the global network time protocol settings for your cluster. For more information see the 'Configuring the Global Network Time Protocol (NTP) Settings' topic in the
    VMware Aria Operations
    Configuration Guide
    .
  • Click
    Rebalance
    to rebalance the adapter, disk, memory, or network load across VMware Aria Operations cluster nodes to increase the efficiency of your environment.
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.
Nodes in the
VMware Aria Operations
Cluster
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.
Adapters on Server
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.