Create Server Pools for Consolidated SDDC

A server pool consists of back-end server members. After you create a server pool, you associate a service monitor with the pool to manage and share the back-end servers flexibly and efficiently.

The following considerations explain the design of the server pools configuration.

• The configuration uses NONE as a health monitor for all server pools. Until vRealize Automation is fully installed and started, the health monitor marks pool members as offline. Health monitors indicate the status of pool members correctly only after vRealize Automaton is fully installed and initialized.

Perform the procedure multiple times to configure five different server pools.

Table 1. Server Pools for the Cloud Management Platform

Pool Name	Algorithm	Monitors	Member Name	IP Address	Enable Member	Port	Monitor Port
vra-svr-443	ROUND-ROBIN	None	vra01svr01a	192.168.11.51	Yes	443
vra-iws-443	ROUND-ROBIN	None	vra01iws01a	192.168.11.54	Yes	443
vra-ims-443	ROUND-ROBIN	None	vra01ims01a	192.168.11.57	Yes	443
vra-svr-8444	ROUND-ROBIN	None	vra01svr01a	192.168.11.51	Yes	8444	443
vra-vro-8283	ROUND-ROBIN	None	vra01svr01a	192.168.11.51	Yes	8283

Procedure

1. Log in to vCenter Server by using the vSphere Web Client.
   1. Open a Web browser and go to https://sfo01w01vc01.sfo01.rainpole.local/vsphere-client.
   2. Log in using the following credentials.

      Setting	Value
      User name	[e-mail]
      Password	vsphere_admin_password

2. From the Home menu of the vSphere Web Client, select Networking & Security.
3. In the Navigator, click NSX Edges.
4. From the NSX Manager drop-down menu, select 172.16.11.66 as the NSX Manager and double-click the sfo01w01lb01 NSX Edge to manage its network settings.
5. Click the Manage tab, click Load Balancer, and select Pools.
6. Click the Add icon, and in the New Pool dialog box, enter the following values.

   Setting	Value
   Name	vra-svr-443
   Algorithm	ROUND-ROBIN
   Monitors	None

7. In the New Members dialog box, click the Add icon to add the first pool member.
8. In the New Member dialog box, enter the following values, and click OK.

   Setting	Value
   Name	vra01svr01a
   IP Address/VC Container	192.168.11.51
   State	Enable
   Port	443
   Monitor Port
   Weight	1

9. Repeat the entire procedure to create the remaining server pools.