Using VMware Cloud
Foundation (VCF) OperationsLast Updated February 20, 2025
VMware Cloud
Foundation
(VCF) OperationsThe
VMware Cloud
Foundation
(VCF) Operations
page allows you to view all VCF deployments along with their associated management and
workload domains in one place. You can also view the health of the associated management
applications such as vCenter, NSX, VMware Aria suite products, and SDDC manager.- Activate and configure theVMware Cloud FoundationCloud Account inVMware Aria Operations. For more information, see the 'ConfiguringVMware Cloud FoundationCloud Account inVMware Aria Operations' topic in the.VMware Aria OperationsConfiguration Guide
- Activate the VMware Infrastructure Health management pack. For more information, see the 'Configuring theVMware Infrastructure Health' topic in the.VMware Aria OperationsConfiguration Guide
- Log in toVMware Aria Operations.
- From left menu, clickEnvironmentand then clickVCF Operations.The VCF Operations page is displayed with the list ofVMware Cloud Foundationaccounts that you can monitor. The firstVMware Cloud Foundationaccount is selected and the overview of the operations of the selectedVMware Cloud Foundationaccount is displayed by default.
- You can monitor theVMware Cloud Foundationoperations at the account level or the domain level.
- Account Level. Select aVMware Cloud Foundationaccount that you want to monitor or use the search bar to locate any particularVMware Cloud Foundationaccount.
- Domain Level. Expand theVMware Cloud Foundationaccount and click a domain to view the operations of any individual domain.
Monitoring theVMware Cloud FoundationAccountOptionDescriptionAvailabilityAvailability indicates if the management application is reachable.Virtual MachinesVirtual Machines indicate the availability of the virtual machines on which the management applications run..The current availability is based on the 'Summary|Availability' metric value of the virtual machine. For example, VM availability that is less than 50%, is marked as critical, if the criticality of the active symptom definition defined on that metric is set at 50%. The trend is displayed for the last 24 hours only.ServicesServices indicate the availability of all services associated with the application.- Up: Service is available and running. Represented by a green tick icon.
- Down: Service is not available. Represented by a red exclamation mark icon.
- Unknown: Service status is unavailable. Represented by a grey question mark icon.
You can monitor the availability of services that constitute an application at the domain level. Expand the application to view the service names, availability, and trend for each of the services. If the services are based on nodes, you can also view the node names that the service runs on.You can sort the services based on availability and use the page navigation to view more services.The trend is displayed for the last 24 hours only.PasswordsPasswords indicate the validity of passwords associated with the applications.CertificatesCertificates indicate the validity of certificates associated with the applications.Active AlertsDisplays the active alerts of the wholeVMware Cloud Foundationaccount.ClickView Alertsto view alerts related to theVMware Cloud Foundationobject type. The alerts are categorized as critical, immediate, warning, and info.At the domain level, you can view the total number of alerts per domain and clickView Alertsto see alerts related to that domain.
To view the object hierarchy, you can click the .
VMware Cloud
Foundation
account name to view the VMware Cloud
Foundation
deployment summary tab or
click the domain name to view the VMware Cloud
Foundation
domain objects summary tab. For more information, see
the "Summary Tab" topic in the VMware Aria
Operations
User
Guide