Incorrect Zone Assignment during Aria Automation Migration might have issue with NSX-T forms relying

Products

• VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

• This article addresses a situation where zone assignments were incorrectly applied to VMs during a migration to Aria Automation (vRA) version 8.16.2
• This mismatch creates issues with NSX-T forms relying on zone information, such as firewall rule creation

Environment

• VMware Aria Automation 8.x

Cause

• An error during the migration process resulted in incorrect zone assignments for multiple VMs

Resolution

Two primary approaches can be considered to address this :

 

Option 1: Unregister and Re-register VMs:

• This is the most easiest way to over come this issue, the only constrain being its little time-consuming if the number of VMs are high.

 

Option 2: Update Zone Assignment via API:

• The Swagger insight is shared below, but we can also use postman and perform the patch call to Aria Automation instance.
• API: Use the API call (Patch /iaas/api/machines/{id} Update machine) for updating machine properties. Access Aria Automation Swagger API page as follows : https://AriaAutomation_FQDN/iaas-api/swagger/webjars/swagger-ui/index.html

 

Additional Information

 

• This scenario highlights the importance of careful planning and verification during migrations to avoid configuration errors