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name: vmwaresolutions-vrops_overview
title: VMware Aria Operations and VMware Aria Operations for Logs on IBM Cloud overview
description: VMware Aria® Operations™ (formerly VMware vRealize® Operations™) and VMware Aria Operations™ for Logs (formerly VMware vRealize® Log Insight™) on IBM Cloud® deploys the VMware Aria Operations and VMware Aria Operations for Logs Enterprise Edition tools. These tools help you operate and monitor the performance, health, and capacity of your IBM®-hosted, dedicated VMware environment. VMware Aria Operations for Logs helps you troubleshoot issues by using log files more quickly. VMware Aria Operations and VMware Aria Operations for Logs on IBM Cloud is a non-IBM product that is offered under terms and conditions from VMware, not IBM.
last-updated: 2026-06-25
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> ## Documentation Index
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> Use these files to discover more information as needed.

# VMware Aria Operations and VMware Aria Operations for Logs on IBM Cloud overview
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As of 17 July 2025, new automated installations of Red Hat® OpenShift® for VMware® are no longer available for new or existing deployments of VMware Cloud Foundation for Classic - Automated instances. You can still use or delete your existing Red Hat OpenShift for VMware automated installations until 16 July 2026. The service will no longer be available from 17 July 2026.
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VMware Aria® Operations™ (formerly VMware vRealize® Operations™) and VMware Aria Operations™ for Logs (formerly VMware vRealize® Log Insight™) on IBM Cloud® deploys the VMware Aria Operations and VMware Aria Operations for Logs Enterprise Edition tools. These tools help you operate and monitor the performance, health, and capacity of your IBM®-hosted, dedicated VMware environment. VMware Aria Operations for Logs helps you troubleshoot issues by using log files more quickly. VMware Aria Operations and VMware Aria Operations for Logs on IBM Cloud is a non-IBM product that is offered under terms and conditions from VMware, not IBM.
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These tools are deployed by using the IBM advanced automation and are based on a consistent highly available design. VMware Aria Operations includes preinstalled and configured Management Packs to provide deeper visibility into the core VMware Software Defined Data Center components like VMware NSX®, vSAN™, and HCX™. The automation provides optimized dashboards out of the box so that you can monitor the full VMware stack more easily.

CONTENT:

When you delete a VMware Cloud Foundation for Classic - Automated instance, the following components are released sequentially:
1. All deployed services
2. NFS storage
3. The Support fee
4. VMware® product licenses
5. VMware ESXi™ servers
6. Subnets
7. VLANs

The service versions available for deployment are VMware Aria Operations and VMware Aria Operations for Logs 8.18.6.
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## Technical specifications for VMware Aria Operations and VMware Aria Operations for Logs
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For more information about resource requirements and capacity checking for some services, see [Resource requirements for services](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-vc_addingservices&format=markdown#vc_addingservices-resource-requirements).

The following VMware Aria components are ordered and included in the service:
* VMware Aria Operations Enterprise Edition
* VMware Aria Operations for Logs Enterprise Edition

For more information about the design, requirements, and preconfigured management packs, see [Operations management architecture overview](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-opsmgmt-arch&format=markdown).

## Related links
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* [Ordering VMware Aria Operations and VMware Aria Operations for Logs](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-vrops_ordering&format=markdown)
* [Managing VMware Aria Operations and VMware Aria Operations for Logs](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-managing_vrops&format=markdown)