Reducing CPU load on Cloud Director when integrated with Aria Operations

Products

• VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

• Cloud Director is integrated with Aria Operations through the Cloud Director Management Pack.
• Cloud Director management pack version is 5.4.
• Cloud Director appliance version is 10.0 or later.
• Cloud Director appliance CPU spikes to 95% or greater.

Environment

VMware Aria Operations 8.x

VMware vRealize Operations 8.x

Cause

If the Cloud Director appliance is not configured according to VMware Validated Design sizing documentation, the Cloud Director appliance CPU may spike to 95%+ when Cloud Director is on version 10 or later.

Resolution

1. Log into the Aria Operations node where the Cloud Director adapter is running as root via SSH or console, pressing ALT+F1 in a console to log in.
2. Open /usr/lib/vmware-vcops/user/plugins/inbound/vcloud_adapter3/conf/vcloud.properties in a text editor.
3. Change the following lines to their respective values:

• RESOURCE_COLLECT_THREAD_POOL_SIZE=10
• RELATIONSHIP_COLLECT_THREAD_POOL_SIZE=30
• METRICS_COLLECT_THREAD_POOL_SIZE=40

4. Save and close the file.
5. Restart the collector service:

systemctl restart collector

6. Repeat steps 1-5 on all other Aria Operations nodes in the cluster, including remote collectors.
7. Log into the Aria Operations UI as an administrator.
8. Navigate to Administration > Solutions > Other Accounts.
9. Click Edit under the Cloud Director adapter.
10. Disable the Organization VDC Network option under Advanced Settings, then click Save.

Additional Information

RESOURCE_COLLECT_THREAD_POOL_SIZE = number of threads to collect resources from Cloud Director.
RELATIONSHIP_COLLECT_THREAD_POOL_SIZE = number of threads to establish relationships between collected threads.
METRICS_COLLECT_THREAD_POOL_SIZE = number to threads to collect metrics of Cloud Director resources.

VMware Validated Design for Cloud Providers: Scale and Performance Guidelines