Workload Placement

In
VMware Aria Operations
, you can configure
vRealize Automation
instances to work with
VMware Aria Operations
instances. Using
VMware Aria Operations
you can monitor the placement of existing workloads and optimize the resource usage.
  • Verify that the user has privileges of Organizational Owner and Cloud Assembly Administrator set in
    vRealize Automation
    .
  • You must know the
    vCenter Server
    credentials and have the necessary permissions to connect and collect data.
  • Verify that
    vRealize Automation
    is activated from
    Data Sources
    >
    Integrations
    in
    VMware Aria Operations
    . For more information, see Configuring VMware VMware Aria Automation with VMware Aria Operations.
  • VMware Aria Operations
    must have the same vCenter Cloud Account configured to match with
    vRealize Automation
    .
  • Ensure that integration is activated for
    VMware Aria Operations
    and
    vRealize Automation
    .
  1. From the left menu, click
    Home
    >
    Optimize
    >
    Workload Placement
    .
  2. Click the
    View
    filter drop-down menu and select the
    VRA Managed
    objects.
    All the Cloud Zones related to the
    vCenter Server
    are displayed in
    VMware Aria Operations
    .
  3. Click the
    Cloud Zone
    you want to optimize.
  4. Based on the operational intent, click
    Optimize Now
    .
    The system creates an optimization plan, which depicts BEFORE and (projected) AFTER workload statistics for the optimization action.
  5. If you are satisfied with the projected results of the optimization action, click
    NEXT
    .
  6. Review the optimization moves, then click
    BEGIN ACTION
    .
    In the scope of
    vRealize Automation
    integration,
    VMware Aria Operations
    sends a move migration request directly to
    vRealize Automation
    . In the earlier versions, the migration request was sent to the
    vCenter Server
    .
To verify that the optimization action is complete, select
Administration
from the left menu, and click
Recent Tasks
. In the
Recent Tasks
page, use the Status function on the menu bar to locate your action by its status. You can also search using a range of filters. For example, first filter on Starting Time and scroll to the time when you began the action, then select the Object Name filter. Finally, enter the name of one of the VMs in the rebalance plan.