Connect to a vCenter Server on VMware Cloud on AWS

You can use PowerCLI to connect to a vCenter Server system running on VMware Cloud on AWS.

Prerequisites

• Verify that you are connected to VMware Cloud on AWS.
• Configure the VMware Cloud on AWS networking to provide access to the vCenter Server system running on the cloud.

Procedure

1. Create a variable with the SDDC you want to connect to.

   $SDDC = Get-VmcSddc 'Your SDDC'

2. To connect to the vCenter Server system, provide the vCenter host name and credentials.

   Connect-VIServer $sddc.VCenterHostName -Credential $sddc.VCenterCredentials