After the successful deployment, for easier management and configuration of the virtual machines, move the virtual machines of the VMware Aria Automation cluster to the dedicated virtual machine and template folder.

UI Procedure

  1. Log in to the management domain vCenter Server at https://<management_vcenter_server_fqdn>/ui as [email protected].
  2. In the VMs and templates inventory, expand the management domain vCenter Server tree and the management domain data center.

  3. Right-click the virtual machine of the primary VMware Aria Automation cluster node and select Move to folder.

  4. In the Move to folder dialog box, select the dedicated folder for the VMware Aria Automation cluster virtual machines, and click OK.

  5. Repeat this procedure for each of the remaining VMware Aria Automation cluster 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"
    
    $pcaVmList = "xint-vra01a,xint-vra01b,xint-vra01c"
    $pcaFolder = "xint-m01-fd-vra"
  3. Perform the configuration by running the command in the PowerShell console.

    Move-VMtoFolder -server $sddcManagerFqdn -user $sddcManagerUser -pass $sddcManagerPass -domain $sddcDomainName -vmList $pcaVmList -folder $pcaFolder