Add a VxRail Cluster Using the Workflow Optimization Script

You can add a VxRail cluster using the Workflow Optimization script, in order to avoid having to complete some tasks in the VxRail Manager UI and other tasks in the SDDC Manager UI.

The Workflow Optimzation script uses the VMware Cloud Foundation on Dell EMC VxRail API to perform all of the steps to add a VxRail cluster in one place. See https://developer.vmware.com/apis/vcf-for-vxrail/4.3.1/clusters/ for more information about the API.

Prerequisites

• Image the workload domain nodes. For information on imaging the nodes, refer to Dell EMC VxRail documentation.
• The IP addresses and Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDNs) for the ESXi hosts, VxRail Manager, and NSX Manager instances must be resolvable by DNS.
• If you are using DHCP for the NSX Host Overlay Network, a DHCP server must be configured on the NSX Host Overlay VLAN of the management domain. When NSX-T Data Center creates TEPs for the VI workload domain, they are assigned IP addresses from the DHCP server.
• Change the VxRail Manager IP Address
• Update the VxRail Manager Certificate

Procedure

1. Download the .zip file from https://code.vmware.com/samples?id=7647.
2. Unzip the file and copy the WorkflowOptimization directory to the /home/vcf directory on the SDDC Manager VM.
3. Using SSH, log in to the SDDC Manager VM with the user name vcf and the password you specified in the deployment parameter sheet.
4. In the /home/vcf/WorkflowOptimization directory, run python vxrail_workflow_optimization_automator.py.
5. Follow the prompts to add a cluster.
   The README.md file in the WorkflowOptimization directory provides detailed instructions on how to use the script.