Following the deployment of vIDM which can be found here, deploying VMware Aria Automation (formerly known as vRealize Automation) enhances your VCF environment with powerful self-service provisioning, automated operations, and streamlined infrastructure management. This step-by-step guide will walk you through deploying Aria Automation using VMware Aria Lifecycle Manager in...

Deploying VMware Aria Operations (formerly vRealize Operations) provides deep monitoring, analytics, and insights into your VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 5.2.1 environment. With Aria Lifecycle Manager (ALCM), the deployment and configuration of Aria Operations 8.18 are streamlined, allowing IT teams to maintain optimal performance, predict and prevent potential issues, and...

Deploying VMware Identity Manager (vIDM) in a VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 5.2.1 environment has been simplified with VMware Aria Lifecycle Manager. This guide walks you through setting up vIDM using Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager, ensuring streamlined access control across the VMware suite in your VCF deployment. The official documentation...

In this guide i will go over the manual steps of getting an existing 8.x Aria Suite Lifecycle appliance to support the latest product releases available. Here is a great blog that goes in to the details about what the Product Support Pack is https://blogs.vmware.com/management/2019/01/vrslcm-pspak.html. Typically the newer Product...

The official documentation for deploying the Aria Suite can be found here First step is to download the bundle by going to sddc-manager -> Repository -> Bundle management. Look for VMware Software Install Bundle – vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.18.0-24029603 After the download is complete we can go to...

With the release of VCF 5.2.1 I wanted to get my lab upgraded. The release blog can be found here and the release notes are here Please note that some of the components within the VCF will still need additional upgrading. Please read the release notes for additional details....

With all the recent releases for VCF i noticed that my file system was getting full and once the updates are complete i wanted to reclaim all that used space. The first step was to identify the Bundle ID. We can find this by going to the bundle itself...

Changing the IP address of a Aria Automation node requires careful planning to avoid service disruption. Here’s a step-by-step guide: 1. Verify Health of vRealize Automation Run: Ensure the cluster or node is healthy before proceeding. 2. Set Alternative IP Address 3. Shutdown Services 4. Change IP Address For...

Changing the IP address of the Workspace ONE Access 3.3.7 appliance is a multi-step process that requires careful attention to avoid service disruptions. Below are the key steps involved: 1. Stop Workspace ONE Access Services 2. Update DNS Entries 3. Update the IP Address 4. Modify OVF Properties 5....

The official documentation for deploying the Aria Suite can be found here First step is to download the bundle by going to sddc-manager -> Repository -> Bundle management. Look for VMware Software Install Bundle – vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.18.0-24029603 After the download is complete we can go to...

In this post, I will cover upgrading my 8.x Aria Automation appliance to version 8.18. As a prerequisite, we need to have VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle upgraded to 8.18. Instructions can be found here. The Aria Automation binaries can be downloaded from here. In my case, it was VMware...

Upgrading Aria Automation (formerly known as vRealize Automation, vRA) is crucial for maintaining the efficiency, security, and compatibility of your automation tasks. For environments without VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle, you can still perform the upgrade using the vracli command-line utility. This blog post will guide you through the process...

Upgrading Aria Automation (formerly known as vRealize Automation, vRA) is crucial for maintaining the efficiency, security, and compatibility of your automation tasks. For environments without VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle, you can still perform the upgrade using the vracli command-line utility. This blog post will guide you through the process...

With the release of vCenter 7 Update 1, VMware introduced the vCLS (vSphere Clustering Service). More information can be found here. Looking at the error details it looks like it is looking for a feature called cpuid.mwait Reviewing the VMX file it seems like EVC is enabled on the...

In this guide i will go over the steps of getting an existing 8.x vRSLCM appliance upgraded to the latest 8.18 release. The release notes can be found here. We can upgrade from vRealize Lifecycle Manager to VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle. The first step is to log in to...

With the release of VCF 5.2 I wanted to get my lab upgraded. The release blog can be found here and the release notes are here Please note that some of the components within the VCF will still need additional upgrading. Please read the release notes for additional details....

I wanted to reuse my VCF downloaded bundles on another SDDC Manager system so that i wont have to download it from internet again. I found an easy guide here in the VMware documentation. My goal was to download the specific bundle once and upload it on other SDDC...

In this post, I will guide you through upgrading your 8.x vRLI appliance to Aria Operations for Logs 8.16.1 using VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle. Before proceeding, ensure that your VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle is upgraded to version 8.16. You can find the upgrade instructions here. Note that the upgrade...

In this post i will go over upgrading my 8.x Aria Operations appliance to 8.17.2 using Aria Suite Lifecycle. As a pre requirement we do need to have Aria Suite Lifecycle upgraded to 8.16. Instructions can be found here. The upgrade does not include the latest Product Support Pack....

In this guide i will go over the manual steps of getting an existing 8.x Aria Suite Lifecycle appliance to support the latest product releases available. Here is a great blog that goes in to the details about what the Product Support Pack is https://blogs.vmware.com/management/2019/01/vrslcm-pspak.html. Typically the newer Product...