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VMware Aria is an intelligent multi-cloud management solution, consisting of a suite of products that enable you to consistently deploy and operate your apps, infrastructure, and platform services.

VMware Aria enables administrators to gain control of their environment across private, hybrid, and multiple clouds from a single platform and with a common data model. VMware Aria Automation enables to perform automation not only during provisioning, but also manage complete lifecycle of Virtual Machine Applications or Kubernetes based Applications.

VMware Aria Integration option with NetApp ONTAP

VMware Aria provides various integration options which includes consuming with RESTful APIs, Python, PowerShell, Node.js, Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Salt, Terraform, etc. For vSphere Datastore provisioning workflows, consider using ONTAP Tools RESTful API as it reduces the number of tasks to perform.

Most of our products like ONTAP, ONTAP Tools, SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere, Astra Control, etc. provides RESTful API which can be explored using Swagger UI.
To use the Swagger UI, refer the following URLs.
ONTAP - https://<management ip>/docs/api/
Active IQ Unified Manager - https://<management ip>/docs/api/
ONTAP Tools - Follow the link under resources section on Overview page of ONTAP Tools vCenter Plug-in. With 9.12 version, it is of format https://<ONTAP Tools IP>:8143/api/rest/swagger-ui.html
SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere - https://<SCV_IP>:8144/api/swagger-ui/index.html
Astra Control - Follow the link under API documentation when the user icon is clicked and clicked API Access. It is of format https://<Astra Control IP>/openapi/<accountID>/

VMware Aria assists administrators with operations-related tasks by providing real-time visibility into their infrastructure. The VMware Aria Management Pack for NetApp FAS/AFF is an embedded adapter for VMware Aria Operations. This integration provides analytics and up to the minute information about the infrastructure, helping you identify problems as they arise or potentially sooner.