To provide fault tolerance and high availability to Global Manager nodes, assign a virtual IP address (VIP) to the Global Manager cluster in VMware Cloud Foundation.

Procedure

  1. In a web browser, log in to a Global Manager node at https://gm_node_1-fqdn/.
  2. Click System and then select Global Manager Appliances.
  3. Click Set Virtual IP and enter the VIP address for the cluster. Ensure that VIP is part of the same subnet as the other management nodes.
  4. Click Save.
  5. Verify that the VIP is working correctly.

    From a browser, log in to the Global Manager using the virtual IP address assigned to the cluster at https://gm_vip_fqdn/.