You can manage your data center on the Data Centers page.

You can view or edit basic information such as the name and description, and you can also add other management appliances such as resource managers using the Add Appliance button in the Edit Data Center dialog.

For additional information, see https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2100279.

Add Appliances

Each Data Center has appliances. For example, during the initial installation, you create a High Availability (HA) Service Provider Appliance and a Tenant Resource Manager. To add appliances:

  1. Select service grid > data centers.
  2. Click Edit. The system displays the Edit Data Center popup.
  3. Verify the displayed information and click Add Appliances. The Appliance Install screen displays.
  4. Enter information as described below.
    Section Field Description
    Appliance Type Select either Service Provider or Resource Manager from the drop-down.
    Note: If you have already created the Server Provider HA pair, the only option shown will be Resource manager.
    Primary Appliance Name A user-friendly name indicative of the role of the appliance (for example <initials>-<dc#>-<dmgr#>).
    IP Address The IP address of the primary appliance in an HA pair. This address must be within the range specified by the subnet mask.
    Secondary Appliance Name A user-friendly name indicative of the role of the appliance (for example <initials>-<dc#>-<dmgr#>).
    IP Address The IP address of the secondary appliance in an HA pair. This address must be within the range specified by the subnet mask.
    New reservation Friendly Name Name for the reservation.
    Start date The scheduled date for the install of the appliance(s).
    Start Time Enter time in format HH:MM 00:00-23:59 GMT - use 00:00 for "now".
  5. Click Create Appliance.

If you want to check the status of a reservation, select appliances > reservations.

Change the NTP Server

To change or add external NTP servers on a Service Provider, perform the following steps:

  1. Edit the /etc/ntp.conf file.

  2. Find the following line in the file: 

    #You do need to talk to an NTP server or two (or three).

  3. On subsequent lines following this line, for each NTP server, add a unique line of the following form: 

    server name
    • If you are changing the existing NTP server, replace the existing name.
    • If you are adding another NTP server, add a new line that specifies the name of the additional NTP server.

  4. Restart the NTP server using the following command: 

    sudo /etc/init.d/ntp restart