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

For more information, see Create a DRS Cluster.

Procedure

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

    Parameter

    Value

    vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler

    vSphere DRS

    Enabled

    Automation Level

    Fully automated

    Migration Threshold

    2

    Virtual Machine Automation

    Disabled

    Power Management

    Disabled

    VMware EVC

    EVC

    Enabled

    VM / Host Rules

    Anti-Affinity Rules

    1. Aria Operations (Primary, Replica)

    2. Aria Operations for Logs (Primary, Worker1, Worker2)

    3. Aria Operations for Networks (Platform, Proxy1, Proxy2)

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

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

    6. NSX Manager nodes

    Note: Anti-affinity rules must be added after all the products are deployed.