Procedure to Redeploy Remote Collector as Cloud Proxy

Products

• VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

NOTE: The upgrade to Aria Operations 8.16 or later will fail if there are Remote Collectors in your environment.

• Starting with Aria Operations 8.16, the use of Remote Collectors is deprecated.
• Upgrades to version 8.16 or later are not permitted if Remote Collectors or converted Cloud Proxies are in use.
• Therefore, it is necessary to replace all Remote Collectors with Cloud Proxies to proceed with the upgrade.
• If you try upgrading to 8.16 or later version with Remote Collectors still present, the upgrade will fail and you may receive the error "FailedThe PAK action "new_validate" script "source ./pak_python_wrapper.sh validate.py" 
• For 8.12 and 8.14 versions if your Remote Collector is no longer collecting data you may also want to consider redeploying as a Cloud Proxy

 

Environment

Aria Operations 8.12.x

Aria Operations 8.14.x

Aria Operations 8.16.x

Aria Operations 8.17.x

Cause

Remote Collectors or converted Cloud Proxies are no longer supported from version 8.16 onwards. To upgrade to 8.16 or a later release, replacing all Remote Collectors / converted Cloud Proxies with full version of Cloud Proxies is mandatory.

Resolution

 

1. Record Configuration: Note the configuration details from the remote collector's vApp section in vCenter if you plan to use the same IP and FQDN for the new Cloud Proxy deployment
2. Power Off: Shut down the Remote Collector from vCenter
3. Remove from UI: From the Aria Operations UI, navigate to Data sources > Cloud Proxies section and remove the existing Remote Collector

      4. Download OVA: From Aria operations UI, navigate to Data sources > Cloud Proxies section and download the OVA file

       5. Deploy OVA: Use the following document to deploy the OVA from vCenter: Deployment Guide

       6.Verify Deployment: After the deployment is complete, verify the newly deployed cloud proxy in the Data sources > Cloud Proxies section

Note: Make sure to change the data collection from the Cloud Proxy to the default collector until the Cloud Proxy is redeployed. If you do not switch to the default collector, data collection will cease from the moment we shut down the Remote Collector until a new Cloud Proxy is deployed.

Additional Information

• If you are using a collector group, you must add new Cloud Proxies and remove the Remote Collectors from the collector group.
• It is recommended that if you are not already using a collector group, create a new collector group and add newly deployed Cloud Proxies into it. Reassign all adapter instances that were previously associated with Remote Collectors to the newly created collector group.