After you create a data center group with an NSX network provider type, you can add data centers to the group, remove them, and edit the group settings.

A data center group can include up to 16 virtual data centers.

VDCs that you remove from the data center group must have no workloads attached to any of the networks that participate in the data center group.

Create a Data Center Group with an NSX Network Provider Type in the VMware Cloud Director Tenant Portal

You can group between one and 16 VDCs in a data center group with NSX network provider type.

Prerequisites

Verify that you are an organization administrator, system administrator, or that you are assigned a role that includes an equivalent set of rights.

Procedure

  1. From the primary left navigation panel, select Networking, and from the page top navigation bar, select the Data Center Groups tab.
  2. Click New.
  3. On the Starting VDC page, select a VDC backed by NSX to start the group, and click Next.
    If you want to use NSX federation, you must choose a starting VDC that is backed by an NSX Manager that is already registered as a location.
  4. Enter a name and, optionally, a description for the new data center group.
  5. If you want to create a data center group that uses NSX federation, toggle on the Create Universal Group option.
  6. On the Participating VDCs page, select additional data centers for the new data center group, and click Next.
  7. Review the data center group details and click Finish.

Results

The newly created group appears in the list of data center groups.

What to do next

Create a network spanning the data center group with an NSX network provider type.

View and Edit the General Settings of a Data Center Group with an NSX Network Provider Type in the VMware Cloud Director Tenant Portal

You can view and edit the data center groups with an NSX network provider type in your organization.

Prerequisites

Verify that you are an organization administrator or that you have a role with an equivalent set of rights.

Procedure

  1. From the primary left navigation panel, select Networking, and from the page top navigation bar, select the Data Center Groups tab.
    The list of data center groups appears.
  2. Click the target data center group.
  3. In the General Settings pane, click Edit.
  4. Edit the name and, optionally, the description of the data center group and click Save to confirm.

Manage the Participating VDCs in a Data Center Group in the VMware Cloud Director Tenant Portal

You can select which VDCs to be part of a VDC group and to communicate with each other.

If you are a sub-provider administrator, you can configure a network that stretches from your sub-provider organization to the organizations of your managed tenants. To do so, you can add VDCs that you manage by logging in to your sub-provider organization as a sub-provider administrator and following this procedure.

Prerequisites

Verify that you are an organization administrator or that you have a role with an equivalent set of rights.

Procedure

  1. From the primary left navigation panel, select Networking, and from the page top navigation bar, select the Data Center Groups tab.
    The list of data center groups appears.
  2. Click the target data center group.
  3. Click Participating VDCs.
  4. If you want to add one or more VDCs to a VDC group, click Add, select the VDCs that you want to include in the group, and click Add to confirm.
  5. If you want to remove a VDC from the group, select the check box next to the VDC name, click Remove, and confirm the action.

Synchronize a Data Center Group with an NSX Network Provider Type in the VMware Cloud Director Tenant Portal

To check if all VDCs that participate in a data center group still exist and are configured properly, you can synchronize the data center group.

Procedure

  1. From the primary left navigation panel, select Networking, and from the page top navigation bar, select the Data Center Groups tab.
    The list of data center groups appears.
  2. Click the target data center group.
  3. Click Sync and confirm.