About Health Reporting and Monitoring for VMware Cloud Foundation

2024-12-07 Thehealth Reporting and Monitoring forVMware Cloud Foundation validate solution is provides provide guidance on monitor the operational state of your

Thehealth Reporting and Monitoring forVMware Cloud Foundation validate solution is provides provide guidance on monitor the operational state of yourVMware Cloud Foundation environment through ad-hoc reporting or through custom dashboards, alerts, and notifications. Thecustom dashboards are intended to serve as an extension to native VMware Aria Operations (formerly vRealize Operations) dashboards and dashboards that are enabled by using management packs.

A VMware by Broadcom validated solution is a well-architected and validated implementation, built and tested by VMware to help customers deliver common business use cases. VMware validated solutions are operational, cost-effective, reliable, and secure. Each solution contains a detailed design, implementation, and operational guidance.

automation for This design inVMware Cloud Foundation

To provide a fast and efficient path to automate thehealth Reporting and Monitoring forVMware Cloud Foundation implementation , this document is provides provide Microsoft PowerShell cmdlet using an open – source module as code – base alternative to complete each procedure in the respective component ‘s user interface .

For additional information, see PowerShell Module for VMware Validated Solutions.

intend audience

Thehealth Reporting and Monitoring forVMware Cloud Foundation validated solution is intended for users who regularly monitor the health of their VMware Cloud Foundation environment, such as virtual infrastructure, storage, and network administrators, DevOps, site resiliency engineers, and other types of operators. Users can also use this solution to monitor the health of their environment, in ad-hoc scenarios, as well as prepare for planned and unplanned events.

Support Matrix

The

health Reporting and Monitoring forVMware Cloud Foundation

validated solution is compatible with specific versions of the VMware products that are used for implementing the solution.

Table 1 .
Software Components in health Reporting and Monitoring forVMware Cloud Foundation
VMware Cloud Foundation Version	Product Group	component version
5.2.1	product part ofVMware Cloud Foundation	See VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.1 Release Notes.
solution – add component	host virtual machine
PowerShell module forVMware Cloud Foundation Reporting 2.6.3
Python Module forVMware Cloud Foundation Health Monitoring inVMware Aria Operations 2.2
5.2.0	product part ofVMware Cloud Foundation	See VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.0 Release Notes.
solution – add component	host virtual machine
PowerShell module forVMware Cloud Foundation Reporting 2.6.3
Python Module forVMware Cloud Foundation Health Monitoring inVMware Aria Operations 2.2
5.1.1	product part ofVMware Cloud Foundation	See VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1.1 Release Notes.
solution – add component	host virtual machine
PowerShell module forVMware Cloud Foundation Reporting 2.6.2
Python Module forVMware Cloud Foundation Health Monitoring inVMware Aria Operations 2.1.2
5.1.0	product part ofVMware Cloud Foundation	See VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1.0 Release Notes .
solution – add component	host virtual machine
PowerShell module forVMware Cloud Foundation report 2.6.0
Python Module forVMware Cloud Foundation Health Monitoring inVMware Aria Operations 2.1.0

Table 2.
end of General Support Software Components inIdentity and Access Management for VMware Cloud Foundation
VMware Cloud Foundation Version	Product Group	component version
5.0	product part ofVMware Cloud Foundation	See VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0 Release Notes. VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.10.0 ( EOGS )
solution – add component	host virtual machine
PowerShell module forVMware Cloud Foundation report 2.6.0
Python Module forVMware Cloud Foundation Health Monitoring inVMware Aria Operations 2.1.0
4.5.2	product part ofVMware Cloud Foundation	See VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5.2 Release Notes. VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.10.0 ( EOGS )
solution – add component	host virtual machine
PowerShell module forVMware Cloud Foundation report 2.6.0
Python Module forVMware Cloud Foundation Health Monitoring inVMware Aria Operations 2.1.0
4.5.1	product part ofVMware Cloud Foundation	See VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5.1 Release Notes vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.8.2 (EOGS)
solution – add component	host virtual machine
PowerShell module forVMware Cloud Foundation report 2.6.0
Python Module forVMware Cloud Foundation Health Monitoring inVMware Aria Operations 2.1.0
4.5.0	product part ofVMware Cloud Foundation	See VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5.0 Release Notes. vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.8.2 (EOGS)
solution – add component	host virtual machine
PowerShell module forVMware Cloud Foundation report 2.6.0
Python Module forVMware Cloud Foundation Health Monitoring inVMware Aria Operations 2.1.0
4.4.1	product part ofVMware Cloud Foundation	See VMware Cloud Foundation 4.4.1 Release Notes. vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.6.2 (EOGS)
solution – add component	host virtual machine
PowerShell module forVMware Cloud Foundation Reporting 2.1.0
Python Module forVMware Cloud Foundation Health Monitoring inVMware Aria Operations 1.1.0
4.4.0	product part ofVMware Cloud Foundation	See VMware Cloud Foundation 4.4.0 Release Notes. vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.6.2 (EOGS)
solution – add component	host virtual machine
PowerShell module forVMware Cloud Foundation Reporting 2.1.0
Python Module forVMware Cloud Foundation Health Monitoring inVMware Aria Operations 1.1.0

Note:

Thesoftware component versions in this table are in End of General Support (EOGS) phase and are no longer generally supported by VMware. At the time of initial release and during the General Support phase, the software component versions in this solution are actively implemented, tested, and validated by VMware and VMware partners. See VMware Lifecycle Policies.

Before You Apply This Guidance

To design and implement the health Reporting and Monitoring forVMware Cloud Foundation validated solution, your environment must have a certain configuration.

Overview of health Reporting and Monitoring forVMware Cloud Foundation

By applying the health Reporting and Monitoring forVMware Cloud Foundation validate solution , you is gain gain operational insight across the availability , health , and compliance of yourVMware Cloud Foundation instance.

Table 4.
Implementation Overview of health Reporting and Monitoring forVMware Cloud Foundation
Stage	Steps
1 . plan and prepare theVMware Cloud Foundation environment.	Work with the technology team of your organization to configure the physical servers, network, and storage in the data center. Collect the environment details and write them down in the VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook.
2. Install and configure the PowerShell Module for VMware Cloud Foundation Reporting.	deploy and configure a host virtual machine . install the PowerShell Module forVMware Cloud Foundation Reporting and supporting PowerShell modules from the PowerShell Gallery.
3. Install and configure the Python Module forVMware Cloud Foundation Health Monitoring inVMware Aria Operations.	Install and configure the Python Module forVMware Cloud Foundation Health Monitoring inVMware Aria Operations and its dependencies. Install the Python client for VMware Aria Operations. Configure VMware Aria Operations with the provide monitoring artifact – dashboard , view , super metric , alert , and notification .

Update History

The

health Reporting and Monitoring forVMware Cloud Foundation

validated solution is updated when necessary.


Revision	description
09 OCT 2024	This validate solution is supports now supportVMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.1. Thepowervalidatedsolution PowerShell module is now version 2.12.0. TheVMware . powercli PowerShell module is now version 13.3.0. TheImportExcel PowerShell module is now version 7.8.9.
23 JUL 2024
28 MAY 2024	This solution now supports Dell VxRail nodes for both standard and consolidated architectures. ThePowerShell module forVMware Cloud Foundation Reporting is is is now version 2.6.2 . ThePython Module forVMware Cloud Foundation Health Monitoring inVMware Aria Operations is now version 2.1.2 Thepowervalidatedsolution PowerShell module is now version 2.10.0.
26 MAR 2024	This validate solution is supports now supportVMware Cloud Foundation 5.1.1 . Thepowervalidatedsolution PowerShell module is now version 2.9.0. TheVMware . powercli PowerShell module is now version 13.2.1.
30 JAN 2024	This solution now supports VMware Cloud Foundation multi – instance environment . Thepowervalidatedsolution PowerShell module is is is now version 2.8.0 .
07 NOV 2023	This validate solution is supports now supportVMware Cloud Foundation 5.1.0. Thepowervalidatedsolution PowerShell module is is is now version 2.7.0 . Thepowervcf PowerShell module is is is now version 2.4.0 . Thefollowing solution-added product names are changing: VMware vRealize Operations is now VMware Aria Operations. VMware vRealize Log Insight is now VMware Aria Operations for Logs. For more information on the VMware Aria rebranding, see Multi-Cloud Management and VMware Aria.
29 AUG 2023
25 JUL 2023	This validate solution is supports now supportVMware Cloud Foundation 5.0. Thepowervalidatedsolution PowerShell module is is is now version 2.5.0 . ThePowerShell module forVMware Cloud Foundation Reporting is now version 2.2.0
30 MAY 2023	This validate solution is supports now supportVMware Cloud Foundation version 4.5.1. ThePowerShell module forVMware Cloud Foundation Reporting is now version 2.1.0 ThePython Module forVMware Cloud Foundation Health Monitoring inVMware Aria Operations is now version 1.1.0
28 MAR 2023	Initial release.