Create a VM group for the VMware Aria Operations Cloud Proxy appliances and define start up order to ensures that vSphere HA powers on the VMware Aria Operations analytics cluster appliances before the VMware Aria Operations Cloud Proxy appliances.
UI Procedure
- Log in to the management domain vCenter Server at https://<management_vcenter_server_fqdn>/ui as [email protected].
- In the Hosts and clusters inventory, expand the management domain vCenter Server tree and expand the management domain data center.
Select the default management vSphere cluster and click the Configure tab.
Create a virtual machine group for the VMware Aria Operations Cloud Proxy appliances.
In the left pane, select Add VM/Host group.
and clickFrom the Type drop-down menu, select VM group.
Enter your values from the VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook and click OK.
Create a rule to power on the VMware Aria Operations analytics cluster virtual machines before the VMware Cloud Proxy appliances.
In the left pane, select Add VM/Host rule.
and clickConfigure the following settings, enter your values from the VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook, and click OK.
Setting
Value
Enable rule
Selected
Type
Virtual machines to virtual machines
PowerShell Procedure
Start PowerShell.
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" $vmToVmRuleNameOperations = "vm-vm-rule-vrops-vropsc" $drsGroupNameProxies = "sfo-m01-vm-group-vropsc" $drsGroupNameOperations = "xint-vm-group-vrops" $vmListProxies = "sfo-vropsc01a,sfo-vropsc01b"
Perform the configuration by running the command in the PowerShell console.
Add-ClusterGroup -server $sddcManagerFqdn -user $sddcManagerUser -pass $sddcManagerPass -domain $sddcDomainName -drsGroupName $drsGroupNameProxies -drsGroupVMs $vmListProxies Add-VmStartupRule -server $sddcManagerFqdn -user $sddcManagerUser -pass $sddcManagerPass -domain $sddcDomainName -ruleName $vmToVmRuleNameOperations -vmGroup $drsGroupNameProxies -dependOnVmGroup $drsGroupNameOperations