How to Monitor Aria Operations Services Using Command Line Interface (CLI)

Products

• VCF Operations/Automation (formerly VMware Aria Suite)
• VCF Operations

Issue/Introduction

VMware Aria Operations runs multiple services that are essential for its proper functioning. Monitoring these services is important for ensuring platform stability and quick issue identification.

This article provides guidance on how to monitor the status of Aria Operations services using the command line interface (CLI) across different cluster configurations, including Non-HA, HA (High Availability), and CA (Continuous Availability) setups.

 

Services in Aria Operations:

• vPostgres-repl
• gemfire
• vpostgres
• analytics
• collector
• api
• vmware-casa

Environment

Aria Operations 8.x
VCF Operations 9.x

Resolution

To view the status of these services on any node in the cluster.

• SSH into the node as root user.
• Run the following command:

  vrops-status

Expected Service Status Based on Cluster Configuration:

Non-HA Environment
Node Type	Expected Running Services
Primary Node	All services: Postgres-Repl, Gemfire, Postgres, Analytics, Collector, API
Data Node	All services except: Postgres-Repl, Gemfire

HA/CA Enabled Environment
Node Type	Expected Running Services
Primary Node	All services: vPostgres-repl, gemfire, vPostgres, analytics, collector, api
Primary Replica Node	All services: vPostgres-repl, Gemfire, vPostgres, analytics, collector, api
Data Node	All services except: vPostgres-repl, gemfire

Example Screenshots:

 

 

Additional Information

Following commands can be used to control the Aria/VCF operations services:

• service vmware-vcops start/stop/status
• service api start/stop/status/restart
• service gemfire start/stop/status/restart
• service collector start/stop/status/restart
• service analytics start/stop/status/restart
• service vpostgres start/stop/status/restart
• service vpostgres-repl start/stop/status/restart
• service vmware-casa start/stop//status/restart
• service vmware-vcops-web start/stop/restart
• service vmware-vcops-watchdog start/stop/status/restart
• service vmware-vcops-firewall start/stop/status/restart