Merging Duplicates Objects is Not Supported in VMware Aria Operations

Products

• VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

• Duplicate vCenter objects appear in VMware Aria Operations after upgrading the vCenter.

Environment

VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.x
VMware vRealize Operations Manager 7.x
VMware vRealize Operations Manager 8.x
VMware Aria Operations 8.x

Cause

This issue occurs because upgrading or reinstalling a vCenter Server cause duplicate objects in VMware Aria Operations as all objects under the vCenter Server have a new UUID associated to them. These duplicate objects do not have the historical data of the original objects.

Resolution

Merging objects in VMware Aria Operations is not supported by the product or the Global Support team.

 

Currently, there is no supported method of merging duplicate objects in VMware Aria Operations.

For assistance, contact VMware Professional Services team.

For more information see, VMware Professional Services.

Additional Information