Importing VCF Operations for Logs 9 into VCF Operations 9 via Fleet Manager

We previously upgraded Aria Operations 8.18.3 to VCF Operations 9: first we did it directly then we did it via the Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager. We then connected our Fleet Manager. Next we'll deploy VCF Operations for Logs 9 and import it into our environment via Fleet Manager. Remember, upgrading Aria Operations for Logs from 8.18.x or lower to 9.0 isn't supported, so you must deploy a fresh VCF Operations for Logs 9.0. You can deploy fresh from Fleet Manager or via OVA from vCenter and import via Fleet Manager after the fact, the latter will be covered here. Let's go.

Download VCF Operations for Logs 9 and deploy as per usual from vCenter. Once deployed it'll look like this.

After connecting vCenters and ESXi Hosts you'll start seeing logs.

Next go to VCF Operations 9 Fleet Management - Lifecycle - Overview.

Click ADD.

You'll be given the option to deploy from here (New Install) or Import an existing VCF Operations for Logs.

Select Import.

Add your Logs FQDN and other necessary fields, click NEXT.

Click SUBMIT and watch the progress.

It completed in a couple minutes.

The Tasks tab will indicate the import has completed.

Back on the Overview tab you will now show an operations-logs deployment.

Over in VCF Operations 9, you can now see logs!

Security - Audit Events will now show events as well!

Next blog, we'll deploy Logs from Fleet Manager, stay tuned!