Automation Central Jobs failed to run in Aria Operations

Products

• VMware Aria Operations (formerly vRealize Operations) 8.x
• VMware Aria Operations 8.x

Issue/Introduction

Automation Central Jobs to delete the old snapshots failed to run.

Environment

Aria Operations 8.x.x

Cause

Insufficient Permissions for Operational Actions on vCenter

Resolution

Aria Operations require Operational permissions to perform certain actions like delete Old Snapshots, Powered off VMs, Idle VMs and Power Off idle VMs.

We can allow Aria Operations to have certain permissions by checking the option "Operational Actions" under Data Source > Integration > vCenter Adapter. Below is the example:

 

Additional Information

Please refer to below document for more information on Automation Central.

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Aria-Operations/SaaS/Configuring-Operations/GUID-C3A12D65-C860-457D-BE0C-03E3DB79BD6A.html