You can scale up the platform cluster to meet the increasing load. Based on the load, you can either scale up by increasing the brick size or creating or expanding a platform cluster. Three LARGE platform bricks can be connected together to form a platform cluster. If a platform is of LARGE or EXTRA LARGE brick size, then you have to scale up by creating a platform cluster.
To decide platform brick size and number of platform bricks, see System Recommendations and Requirements.
Note:
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Before you scale up the platform cluster, you must take a backup of the cluster. For more information about the back up and restore process, see the KB article 55829.
- The platform cluster does not support the high availability configuration. All the platform nodes must be up and running for the cluster to work at optimal performance levels.
Scaling up Scenarios for the Platform Cluster
| Scenario | Action to Perform |
|---|---|
| Your platform is running 5000 VMs and 1.5 million active flows. | Convert your platform MEDIUM to LARGE. See Increase the Brick Size of Your Setup topic. |
Your platform is running a single LARGE node with 9000 VMs and 2 million active flows. |
Add two more LARGE brick nodes to convert into 3-node LARGE brick cluster. See Expand Clusters in the VMware Aria Operations for Networks User Guide. |
Your platform is running a 3-node LARGE cluster with one or more colletors, 15000 VMs and 4 million active flows. |
Convert your existing platform nodes from LARGE to EXTRA-LARGE. See Increase the Brick Size of Your Setup topic. |
Your platform is running a 3-node EXTRA-LARGE cluster with one or more collectors, 25000 VMs and 8 million active flows. |
Add two more EXTRA-LARGE brick nodes to convert into 5-node Extra-LARGE cluster. See Expand or Scale Out Clusters topic. |
