To ensure that vSphere HA powers on the virtual machines of VMware Aria Operations for Logs and Workspace ONE Access in the correct order, you define the startup order of the virtual machines by using VM groups.

UI Procedure

  1. Log in to the management domain vCenter Server at https://<management_vcenter_server_fqdn>/ui as administrator@vsphere.local.
  2. In the Hosts and clusters inventory, expand the management domain vCenter Server tree and expand the management domain data center.

  3. Select the default management vSphere cluster and click the Configure tab.

  4. Create the VM/Host group for VMware Aria Operations for Logs.

    1. In the navigation pane, click Configuration > VM/Host groups.

    2. To configure the VM/Host group for the VMware Aria Operations for Logs cluster, click Add VM/host group, configure the following settings, configure the remaining settings according to your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook, and click OK.

      Setting

      Value

      Type

      VM Group

  5. Create a rule to power on the standalone Workspace ONE Access virtual machine before the VMware Aria Operations for Logs cluster virtual machines.

    1. Select the default management vSphere cluster and click the Configure tab.

    2. In the navigation pane, click Configuration > VM/Host rules.

    3. Click Add VM/host rule, configure the following settings, configure the remaining settings according to your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook, and click OK.

      Setting

      Value

      Enable rule

      Selected

      Type

      Virtual machines to virtual machines

PowerShell Procedure

  1. Start PowerShell.

  2. Replace the values in the sample code with values from your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook and run the commands in the PowerShell console.

    $sddcManagerFqdn = "sfo-vcf01.sfo.rainpole.io"
$sddcManagerUser = "administrator@vsphere.local"
$sddcManagerPass = "VMw@re1!"

$sddcDomainName = "sfo-m01"

$ruleName = "vm-vm-rule-wsa-vrli"
$drsGroupNameIla = "sfo-m01-vm-group-vrli"
$drsGroupNameWsa = "sfo-m01-vm-group-wsa"
$drsGroupVMs = "sfo-vrli01a,sfo-vrli01b,sfo-vrli01c"

  3. Perform the configuration by running the command in the PowerShell console.

    Add-ClusterGroup -server $sddcManagerFqdn -user $sddcManagerUser -pass $sddcManagerPass -domain $sddcDomainName -drsGroupName $drsGroupNameIla -drsGroupVMs $drsGroupVMs

Add-VmStartupRule -server $sddcManagerFqdn -user $sddcManagerUser -pass $sddcManagerPass -domain $sddcDomainName -ruleName $ruleName -vmGroup $drsGroupNameIla -dependOnVmGroup $drsGroupNameWsa