An HCX Service Mesh provides the HCX services configuration for a Site Pair. This section describes the procedure for creating a Service Mesh between a vSphere-based HCX site and a non-vSphere site.

Note: To create a service mesh between two vSphere-based HCX sites, see Create a Service Mesh for vSphere-based Site Pairs.

Adding a Service Mesh initiates the deployment of HCX Sentinel Resource Gateway (SRG) appliance on the vSphere-based site.

Prerequisites

Creating a Service Mesh requires:

  • A connected Site Pair.

  • A Compute Profile for the vSphere-based site. The Compute Profile service selections must include OS Assisted Migration.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the HCX Manager:
    https://hcx-ip-or-fqdn
  2. From the HCX Console, navigate to Interconnect > Service Mesh.
    Existing Service Mesh configurations are listed.
  3. Click Create Service Mesh:
    Shows the Create Service Mesh button highlighted in the HCX Manager Interconnect > Service Mesh screen.
  4. From the drop-down menu, select a non-vSphere site.
    The paired vSphere-based site is automatically populated.
  5. Click Continue.
    HCX opens a configuration wizard to complete the non-vSphere Service Mesh configuration.

  6. Select a Compute Profile for the vSphere-based HCX site, and click Next.
    HCX displays a list of services selected in the Compute Profile.
  7. Select OS Assisted Migration, and click Next.
    For this procedure, only OS Assisted Migration is selectable.
  8. Review the configuration summary.
  9. Enter a name for the Service Mesh, and then click Create Service Mesh.
    HCX begins deploying the appropriate appliances and displays a topology view of the Service Mesh. To monitor the progress of the Service Mesh deployment, select Tasks, and expand the operation.

What to do next

Download and install the Sentinel software on each guest workload for migration. See Sentinel Management.