# VMware Aria Automation integration for VMware vSphere protection

Use Commvault with VMware Aria Automation to provide self-service data protection and recovery as part of VM provisioning workflows. This integration enables platform teams to embed backup and restore operations directly into automation pipelines, improving consistency and cyber resilience across environments.

## Key features

- Automated protection: Apply backup plan settings during VM provisioning using templates.

- Self-service operations: Allow users to back up and restore VMs from the Aria Automation portal.

- Multi-tenant support: Isolate protection by tenant while using shared infrastructure.

- Policy-driven workflows: Standardize protection using templates and property groups.

- Centralized visibility: Monitor jobs in Commvault while users operate in Aria Automation.

## How it works

The integration connects VMware Aria Automation, vRealize Orchestrator, and Commvault through REST APIs.

- Aria Automation triggers workflows for VM operations.

- vRealize Orchestrator sends requests to the Commvault web service.

- The web service communicates with the Commvault system to run jobs.

- Status updates are returned to Aria Automation.

## Key concepts

- Backup plan: Defines how VMs are protected.

- VM groups: Logical groupings used for protection.

- Tenants: Map to isolated protection contexts.

- Templates: Control how protection is applied during provisioning.

## Requirements

- VMware Aria Automation 8.x

- VMware vRealize Orchestrator

- A VMware vSphere hypervisor in Commvault

- Access to Commvault

## Guardrails

- The Aria Automation endpoint name must exactly match the hypervisor name in Commvault.

- The integration uses the first configured REST host entry.

- Misconfigured endpoints or credentials can cause failures.

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