To protect the VMware Aria Operations appliances from an ESXi host-level failure, configure vSphere DRS to run the VMware Cloud Proxy appliances on different ESXi hosts in the default management vSphere cluster.

You create a anti-affinity rule for the VMware Aria Operations VMware Cloud Proxy appliances. This rule configuration also accommodates the case when you place a host from the default management vSphere cluster in maintenance mode.

UI Procedure

  1. Log in to the management domain vCenter Server at https://<management_vcenter_server_fqdn>/ui as [email protected].
  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. In the left pane, select Configuration > VM/Host rules and click Add VM/Host rule.

  5. Configure the following settings, enter your values for the cloud proxy rule from the VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook, and click OK.

    Setting

    Value

    Enable rule

    Selected

    Type

    Separate 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 = "[email protected]"
$sddcManagerPass = "VMw@re1!"

$sddcDomainName = "sfo-m01"

$antiAffinityRuleNameProxies = "anti-affinity-rule-anti-affinity-rule-operations-proxies"
$vmListProxies = "sfo-vropsc01a,sfo-vropsc01b"

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

    Add-AntiAffinityRule -server $sddcManagerFqdn -user $sddcManagerUser -pass $sddcManagerPass -domain $sddcDomainName -ruleName $antiAffinityRuleNameProxies -antiAffinityVMs $vmListProxies