Add a Cluster

You can add a cluster to your recovery SDDC to expand its failover capacity.

Prerequisites

When you first add a cluster to a recovery SDDC, you can only add a two, three, or four host (i3 and i3en) cluster. Deploying a four host cluster takes roughly one hour.

Note: Adding a cluster to a recovery SDDC increases costs.

Procedure

1. From the left navigation, select Recovery SDDCs.
2. Select a recovery SDDC.
3. Expand the Clusters section, and then click Add cluster.
4. In the Add cluster dialog box, select the number of hosts to add to this cluster (minimum of two hosts).
5. Next, select the host type you want to add to this cluster, either I3 or I3en for clusters with three or more hosts. If you selected a two host cluster, you can only deploy it using I3 hosts.
6. In the Confirm section of the dialog box, enter the phrase ADD CLUSTER in all upper case letters.
7. Click OK.