With the recent release of vRealize Network Insight 6.5, we are glad to announce Oracle Cloud VMware Solution (OCVS) is supported and certified.
The Oracle Cloud VMware Solution is a customer-managed, VMware Cloud Verified environment built on VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF). It comes with vSphere, VSAN, and NSX-T in-built, so integration with other VMware products is seamless
We tested and certified the Oracle Cloud VMware solution with vRealize Network insight / vRealize Network insight Cloud and covered the following use cases. All functionality should work as with any other VCF infrastructure, we only explicitly tested these
- Application Awareness: Discover, Plan Migration (with VMware HCX) and Day 2 Operations
- Security: Flow Visibility, Planning, and Firewall Rule Recommendations
- Alerts and Analytics: Pro-active Alerting, Top-talkers, Outliers, Dynamic Thresholds, Flows (including Latency)
- Dashboards: NSX-T Manager, vCenter, ESXi Hosts, VMs, Applications, and more
- Hybrid Network Troubleshooting:
- Inter SDDC Path
- SDDC to Internet
- On-prem to SDDC over Policy-Based VPN via NSX
- VMware HCX: Stretched L2 VLAN stitched flows
Integrating Oracle Cloud VMware Solution in vRealize Network Insight
Requirements:
- SDDC in Oracle Cloud VMware Solution with admin privileges
- vRealize Network Insight Cloud subscription / On-premises account with admin privileges
Deploying the Collector
Prerequisites:
Before deploying the collector, review the Oracle Cloud VMware Solution environment and keep the resources handy
Accessing vCenter
Log in to Oracle Cloud Console and Software-Defined Datacenters under VMware Solution
Now Click on the compartments and choose the SDDC you want to add to vRealize Network Insight
Log in to vCenter, keep it open in a browser tab. We will need it in later steps.
Collector Deployment:
- Log in to vRealize Network Insight / vRealize Network Insight Cloud with admin user
- Navigate to Settings > Install and Support > Add Collector VM.
- Copy the contents of the shared secret. Note: You will require this in later stage
- For vRealize Network Insight Cloud: Download the Collector OVA from the Add Collector VM wizard
- For vRealize Network Insight OnPrem: Download the Collector OVA from the my.vmware.com
- Now go back to the vCenter tab. Deploy the vRealize Network Insight Collector OVA, Use the shared secret that you have generated (From Step 3)
- Start the collector VM, follow the wizard to pair the collector with the platform.
- Validate that the collector pairs successfully with the platform.
Add vCenter
After logging to vRealize Network Insight, go to settings –> Add Source –> Choose VMC – vCenter under VMware Cloud and add it.
Add the NSX-T Manager
Go to settings –> Add Source –> Choose VMC – NSX Manager under VMware Cloud
In the dropdown, choose Oracle Cloud VMware Solution, provide the username/password and click submit
Exploring Oracle Cloud VMware Solution entities in vRealize Network Insight
Sample Search queries
vcenter where VMware Cloud Type = 'OCVS'
Host where VMware Cloud Type = 'OCVS'
vms where VMware Cloud Type = 'OCVS'
NSX Policy Manager where VMware Cloud Type = 'OCVS'
Flow where Source VMware Cloud Type = 'OCVS'
Flow where Destination VMware Cloud Type = 'OCVS'
NSX-T Manager
Network Performance
Top Talkers
Elephant Flows
Conclusion:
vRealize Network Insight in Oracle Cloud VMware Solution environment makes a powerful combination to discover, manage & migrate applications, get 360-degree network visibility and finally secure it.
References:
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