If a site failure occurs in the protected VMware Cloud Foundation instance, initiate disaster recovery of the VMware Aria Automation components to keep the workload provisioning functionality of the SDDC available.

Procedure

  1. Log in to Site Recovery Manager at https://<srm_fqdn/dr> in the recovery VMware Cloud Foundation instance as [email protected].

  2. In the existing site pair, click View details.

  3. Click the Recovery plans tab and click the recovery plan for VMware Aria Automation according to your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook.

  4. Click the Recovery steps tab and click Run.

    The Recovery wizard appears.

  5. On the Confirmation options page, configure these settings and click Next.

    Setting

    Value

    I understand that this process will permanently alter the virtual machines and infrastructure of both the protected and recovery datacenters.

    Selected

    Recovery type

    Disaster recovery

  6. To initiate the planned migration of VMware Aria Automation, on the Ready to complete page, click Finish.

  7. When prompted, verify that the load balancer virtual server for VMware Aria Automation is available and responds to ping requests, and click Dismiss.

  8. When prompted, verify that the clustered Workspace ONE Access instance is available at https://clustered_workspace_one_access_fqdn/admin, and click Dismiss.

  9. When all the recovered virtual machines are running, start the VMware Aria Automation services.

    1. Log in to the primary VMware Aria Automation node by using a Secure Shell (SSH) client at <aria_automation_primary_node_fqdn>:22 as root.

    2. Run the following commands.

      /opt/scripts/deploy.sh
kubectl get pods --all-namespaces

What to do next:

  1. Verify that VMware Aria Automation is operational. See Operational Verification of Private Cloud Automation for VMware Cloud Foundation in the Private Cloud Automation for VMware Cloud Foundation validated solution.

  2. Prepare VMware Aria Automation for failback by reprotecting their virtual machines in Site Recovery Manager. See Reprotect VMware Aria Automationfor Site Protection and Disaster Recovery for VMware Cloud Foundation.