To provide identity and access management services to the cross-region SDDC components, you create a cross-region environment in vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager in which you deploy the three nodes of the cross-region Workspace ONE Access cluster.

During the deployment by using vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager, you configure the cross-region Workspace ONE Access instance to synchronize group members to the directory when adding a group.

Procedure

  1. In a Web browser, log in to vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager by using the administration interface.
    Setting Value
    URL https://vrslcm01svr01.rainpole.local
    User name admin@local
    Password vrslcm_admin_password
  2. On the My services page, click Lifecycle operations.
  3. On the Dashboard page, click Create environment.
  4. Configure these settings and click Next.

    Setting

    Value

    Environment name

    globalenvironment

    Administrator email

    wsa01svr01_configadmin_email

    Default password

    global-env-admin

    Data center

    cross-region-dc

    JSON configuration

    Deselected

    Join the VMware customer experience improvement program

    Selected

  5. On the Select product page, select the check box for VMware Identity Manager, configure these settings, and click Next.

    Setting

    Value

    Installation type

    New Install

    Version

    3.3.2

    Deployment type

    Cluster

  6. On the Accept license agreements page, accept the license agreement and click Next.
  7. On the Certificate page, from the Select certificate drop-down menu, select wsa01svr01-certificate, and click Next.
  8. On the Infrastructure page, configure these settings and click Next.

    Setting

    Value

    vCenter Server

    sfo01m01vc01.sfo01.rainpole.local

    Cluster

    sfo01-m01dc#sfo01-m01-mgmt01

    Folder

    sfo01-m01fd-wsa

    Resource pool

    sfo01-m01-sddc-mgmt

    Network

    Distributed port group that ends with Mgmt-xRegion01-VXLAN

    Datastore

    sfo01-m01-vsan01

    Disk mode

    Thin

    Use content library

    Deselected

  9. On the Network page, configure these settings and Next.

    Setting

    Value

    Default gateway

    192.168.11.1

    Netmask

    255.255.255.0

    Domain name

    rainpole.local

    Domain Search Path

    rainpole.local

    DNS Servers

    Click Edit server selection, select 172.16.11.4 and 172.16.11.5, and click Next and Finish.

    Time Sync Mode

    Use NTP Server

    NTP Servers

    Click Edit server selection, select ntp.sfo01.rainpole.local, click Next and Finish.

  10. On the Products page, configure the deployment properties for the cross-region Workspace ONE Access instance and click Next.
    1. In the Product properties section, configure the following.

      Setting

      Value

      Certificate

      wsa01svr01-certificate

      Admin password

      wsa01svr01-admin

      Default configuration admin user name

      configadmin

      Default configuration admin password

      wsa01svr01-configadmin

      Sync group members

      Selected

    2. In the Cluster VIP FQDN section, configure these settings.

      Setting

      Value

      FQDN

      wsa01svr01.rainpole.local

      Database IP Address

      192.168.11.64

    3. In the Components section, configure the primary cluster node.

      Setting

      Value

      VM Name

      wsa01svr01a

      FQDN

      wsa01svr01a.rainpole.local

      IP Address

      192.168.11.61

    4. In the Components section, configure the second cluster node.

      Setting

      Value

      VM name

      wsa01svr01b

      FQDN

      wsa01svr01b.rainpole.local

      IP address

      192.168.11.62

    5. In the Components section, configure the third cluster node.

      Setting

      Value

      VM name

      wsa01svr01c

      FQDN

      wsa01svr01c.rainpole.local

      IP address

      192.168.11.63

  11. On the Manual validation page, review the manual checks, select I have taken care of the manual steps above and ready to proceed, and click Run precheck.
  12. Review the validation report and, after a successful validation, click Next.
  13. On the Summary page, review the deployment specification, disable Run prechecks on submit, and click Submit.