VMware Aria Operations 8.17.1

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Configuring
VMware Cloud Foundation
 Cloud Account in
VMware Aria Operations

You must configure a
VMware Cloud Foundation
 (VCF) cloud account to monitor a
VMware Cloud Foundation
 environment. After configuration, all
VMware Cloud Foundation
 domains are automatically discovered along with their connection details and credentials of underlying adapters for
vCenter Server
, vSAN, and
NSX-T
. You must save the domains want to monitor.
The
VMware Cloud Foundation
 is not activated by default. You can activate it from the
Data Sources
Integrations
Repository
 page or from the
Data Sources
Integrations
Add Accounts
 page.
  1. From the left menu, click
    Data Sources
    Integrations
    .
  2. On the Accounts tab, click
    Add
    .
  3. On the Accounts Types page, click
    VMware Cloud Foundation
    .
  4. Enter a display name and description for the cloud account.
    • Name. Enter the FQDN of the SDDC Manager for the
      VMware Cloud Foundation
       instance.
    • Description. Enter any additional information that helps you manage your instances.
  5. Select the
    Physical Data Center
     you want to associate with the
    VMware Cloud Foundation
     cloud account.
    If no physical data center is created or if you want to create a new physical data center for your cloud account, you can add a new physical data center. For more information, see Adding Physical Data Centers in VMware Aria Operations
  6. Enter the FQDN for the
    SDDC Manager
     you are trying to connect.
  7. To add credentials for the
    VMware Cloud Foundation
     instance, click the
    Add
     icon, and enter the required credentials.
    The credentials must be associated with the admin role in
    VMware Cloud Foundation
    .
    If you are using an AD or domain integrated account for authenticating your
    VMware Cloud Foundation
     instance, ensure you enter the username as username@domain or domain\username.
  8. Determine which
    VMware Aria Operations
     collector or collector group or cloud proxy is used to manage the cloud account. If you have multiple collectors or collector groups in your environment, and you want to distribute the workload to optimize performance, select the collector or collector group or cloud proxy to manage the adapter processes for this instance.
  9. Click
    Validate Connection
     to validate the connection.
    The Review and Accept Certificate wizard appears. Click
    Accept
     to validate the continue the validation.
  10. Click
    Advanced Settings
     and enter the name of the
    VCF Configuration Limit File Name
    .
  11. Click
    Save
    .
    The page to configure the Domains in
    VMware Cloud Foundation
     appears.
  12. Configure a
    vCenter Server
     Cloud account. For more information, see Configure a vCenter Server Cloud Account in VMware Aria Operations.
    Important
    : When you configure the
    vCenter Server
    , the Credential is auto-generated for
    VMware Cloud Foundation
    .
  13. Configure a vSAN Adapter instance. For more information, see Configure a vSAN Adapter Instance.
  14. Configure the
    NSX-T
     adapter. For more information, see Configuring the NSX-T Adapter.
    Important
    : When you configure the
    NSX-T
     adapter, the Credential is auto generated for
    VMware Cloud Foundation
    .
  15. Configure Service Discovery. For more information, see Configure Service and Application Discovery.
    After the adapters and cloud accounts are configured,
    VMware Aria Operations
     discovers and monitors the environment that runs on
    VMware Cloud Foundation
    .
  16. Click
    Save this SDDC
    .
The
VMware Cloud Foundation
 account, with the configured Domain, is added to the list.
You can view the operations of your
VMware Cloud Foundation
 accounts and their domains from the
VMware Cloud Foundation
 Operations page. For more information, see the 'Monitoring VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Operations' topic in the
VMware Aria Operations
 User Guide
.

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