vRA 8.x Services are not getting discovered through SDDC Management Pack

Products

• VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

The purpose of this knowledge-based article is to showcase the pre-requisite configurations in order to discover vRA services, in cases where vRA nodes run behind a Load Balancer.

Symptoms:
vRA 8.x Services are not getting discovered through SDDC Management Pack for a vRA that is running behind an LB. vRA Objects get discovered fine.
8.1.1 Build 16522887
vRA is behind the LB
User credential is confirmed to have required rights
Working fine with single node vRA in the same environment

Environment

VMware vRealize Operations 8.1.x

Cause

Port forwarding for port 8008 is not configured on the Load Balancer.

Resolution

Below are the steps for creating a port forwarding application profile on NSX-v LB,

1. Create a new application profile
2. Add the Existing Service monitor details ( if available or create a new one with the following values )
3. Create a New Pool for the SDDC-vRA monitoring with the vRA nodes as members with the port as 8008 and also the monitoring port as 8008 with the same (443) Service monitor details
4. Now in the Virtual Server, create a new virtual server with the same load balancer IP address and choose the protocol like HTTP and port number as 8008 with the newly created pool.
5. Now the LB status should be up for the newly added pool as well.

   NOTE: Once this configuration is completed successfully, the SDDC MP should be able to collect all the vRA 8.x Services.

Workaround:
No workaround refer to steps in the resolution section

Additional Information

Impact/Risks:
vRA 8.x Services will not be getting discovered through SDDC Management Pack