Understanding License Usage for embedded Adapter instances

Products

• VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

This article explains how licenses are utilized in embedded adapters that do not require specific licenses for configuration.

Environment

Aria Operations 8.x

Resolution

• Default adapter instances do not require dedicated licenses to operate. However, their resource usage will be counted against the overall Aria Operations license.

• A license is necessary to monitor the data collected from the objects managed by the adapter instance.

• Some of the default embedded adapters include vSphere, vSAN, NSX-T, and vRealize Automation.

Example: Licensing for NSX-T Integration in Aria Operations:

• • As NSX-T is a default embedded adapter, no special license is needed for its integration within Aria Operations.

• • Once integrated, objects collected via NSX such as edge gateways, logical routers, and load balancer etc require licenses for data collection. If a license is not applied to any of the objects collected by NSX-T adapter, then a "License is Invalid" watermark will appear in the UI when accessing them.

Additional Information

Refer to the following About Licenses documentation  for more information