VMware Telco Cloud Platform 5G Edition uses vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) to optimize the initial and runtime placement of workloads to ensure health and performance to the platform. Enable vSphere DRS on the Management Cluster.

Procedure

  1. In the cluster TCP_MGMT_CLUSTER settings, enable vSphere DRS.
  2. Configure vSphere DRS using the values in the table.
    Table 1. Management Cluster DRS Settings

    Parameter

    Value

    vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler

    vSphere DRS

    Turned on

    Automation Level

    Fully automated

    Migration Threshold

    2

    Virtual Machine Automation

    Not enabled

    Power Management

    Turned off

    Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC)

    EVC

    Enabled

    Affinity and Anti-Affinity Rules (Anti-affinity rules must be added after all the products are deployed.)

    Anti-Affinity Rules (VMs must be on separate hosts)

    1. vRealize Operations (Primary, Replica)

    2. vRealize Log Insight (Primary, Worker1, Worker2)

    3. vRealize Network Insight (Platform, Proxy1, Proxy2)

    4. Management vCenter Server cluster (Active, Passive, Witness)

    5. Compute vCenter Server cluster (Active, Passive, Witness)

    6. NSX-T Manager nodes