VMware Validated Design Operational Verification provides step-by-step instructions for verifying that the management components in the Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC), deployed according to the VMware Validated Design for Software-Defined Data Center, are operating as expected.

Operational verification is defined as a validation that a system or a component is operational and functioning within expected parameters. Operational verification is performed in the following scenarios:

  • Initial deployment of a component or system

  • Upgrading or patching of a component or system

  • Recovering a component or system from a failure

  • Generic maintenance of a component or system

Intended Audience

The VMware Validated Design Operational Verification documentation is intended for cloud architects, infrastructure administrators, cloud administrators, and cloud operators who are familiar with and want to use VMware software to manage an SDDC that meets the requirements for capacity, scalability, backup and restore, and extensibility for disaster recovery support.

Required Software

VMware Validated Design Operational Verification is compliant and validated with certain product versions. See VMware Validated Design Release Notes for information about the supported product versions.

Before You Apply This Guidance

The sequence of the documentation of VMware Validated Design follows the stages for implementing and maintaining an SDDC. See Documentation Map for VMware Validated Design.

To use VMware Validated Design Operational Verification, you must be acquainted with the following guidance:

  • Introducing VMware Validated Designs

  • Optionally VMware Validated Design Architecture and Design

  • VMware Validated Design Planning and Preparation

  • VMware Validated Design Deployment of Region A

  • VMware Validated Design Deployment of Region B

  • VMware Validated Design Upgrade

Update History

This VMware Validated Design Operational Verification is updated with each release of the product or when necessary.

Revision

Description

30 JUN 2020

 The shutdown order and startup order of the management virtual machines are now optimized. See Shutdown Order of the Management Virtual Machines and Startup Order of the Management Virtual Machines.

18 JUL 2019

Initial release.