You can group between 1 and 16 virtual data centers in a data center group backed by NSX Data Center for vSphere with a fault domain egress configuration.

Prerequisites

The system administrator enabled the target virtual data centers for cross-virtual data center networking.

Procedure

  1. In the top navigation bar, click Networking and then click the Data Center Groups tab.
    The list of data center groups appears.
  2. Click New.
  3. Enter a name and, optionally, a description for the new data center group.
  4. Select Egress Points per Fault Domain and click Next.
  5. On the Participating VDCs page, select additional data centers for the new data center group, and click Next.
    The Data Centers page contains a list of the VDCs that the system administrator has enabled for cross-virtual data center networking.
  6. Review the data center group details and click Finish.

Results

The newly created virtual data center group is listed in the Data Center Groups view.