Configuring
vRealize Automation
with
VMware Aria Operations

To access
vRealize Automation
instance and troubleshoot automation issues using
VMware Aria Operations
, you must configure the
vRealize Automation
adapter in
VMware Aria Operations
.
  • Verify that you know the FQDN/IP address, user name, and password of the
    vRealize Automation
    instance you have installed.
  • Ensure that the
    vRealize Automation
    user has both organizational owner and Cloud Assembly administrator permissions.
  • When you use a domain account for configuration, you must specify the username to validate your authentication. If you try to validate using the
    <domain>\<username>
    and
    <username>@<domain>
    formats the authentication might not work.
  • vRealize Operations 8.2 or later supports one-to-one integrations with
    vRealize Automation
    , you can integrate one instance of vRealize Operations 8.2 or later with one instance of
    vRealize Automation
    .
  • VMware Aria Automation or later supports one-to-many integration with vRealize Operations 8.2 or later, you integrate more than one vRealize Operations 8.x instance with one
    vRealize Automation
    end point.
  • To know more about integration between
    vRealize Automation
    and
    VMware Aria Operations
    , refer to the section Integrating with
    VMware Aria Operations
    in
    vRealize Automation
    Product Documentation.
  1. From the left menu, select
    Data Sources
    and click
    Integrations
    .
  2. From the
    Accounts
    tab in the
    Integrations
    page, click
    Add Account
    and then select the VMware
    vRealize Automation
    card. You can also activate the management pack from the
    Repository
    tab, where you will find the card in the Available Integrations section. After the management pack is activated, click
    Add Account
    .
  3. In the
    vRealize Automation
    page, enter the FQDN or IP address of the
    vRealize Automation
    instance to which you want to connect.
  4. Set
    Auto Discovery
    to true.
  5. To add credentials, click the plus sign.
    1. In the Credential name text box, enter the name by which you are identifying the configured credentials.
    2. Enter the user name and password for the VMware
      vRealize Automation
      instance.
    3. Click
      OK
      .
      You have configured credentials to connect to a VMware
      vRealize Automation
      instance.
  6. From the
    Collectors/Groups
    drop-down menu, select the collector group.
  7. Click
    Validate Connection
    to verify that the connection is successful.
  8. Review and accept the Server certificate.
  9. Click
    Advanced Settings
    .
  10. From the
    User Count
    drop-down menu, select the number of user resources to be imported from
    vRealize Automation
    .
    The User Count options are 20, 100, 200, 300, 400, and All Users.
  11. Click
    Save
    to save the adapter instance.
After integrating the
vRealize Automation
adapter instance with
VMware Aria Operations
, you can view the
vRealize Automation
adapter data from the
VMware Aria Operations
dashboard.