You can create a VMware Cloud Director server group by deploying one or more instances of the VMware Cloud Director appliance.

The VMware Cloud Director appliance includes an embedded PostgreSQL database. The embedded PostgreSQL database includes the Replication Manager (repmgr) tool suite, which provides the High Availability (HA) function to a cluster of PostgreSQL servers. You can create an appliance deployment with a database HA cluster that provides failover capabilities to your VMware Cloud Director database. For more information, see Appliance Deployments and Database High Availability Configuration.

Procedure

  1. Follow the Prerequisites for Deploying the VMware Cloud Director Appliance.
  2. Configure the NSX Native Load Balancer or Deploy and Configure NSX Advanced Load Balancer.
  3. Deploy the VMware Cloud Director Appliance.

What to do next

Before you use the newly installed VMware Cloud Director server group, Configure VMware Cloud Director.