vCloud Usage Meter shows failure message "vCloud Usage Meter supports only local user accounts for the metering of VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle."

Products

• VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

When integrating Aria Suite Lifecycle Manger 8.x with vCloud Usage Meter 4.x, the integration requirements asks for credentials for a VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle user with an LCM Admin or an LCM Cloud Admin Role

Further details can be found here Add a VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle Instance for Metering in vCloud Usage Meter

Environment

Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.x

vCloud Usage Meter 4.x

Cause

The local domain Admin account for Aria Suite LCM is only valid for credentials.

 

Resolution

Use the local Admin account for Aria Suite LCM 

Username: admin@local