Career and Virtual Musings
The video below is walk through of commissioning ESXi hosts in a VCF 9.0 Management Domain vCenter and then creating a new Workload Domain with those hosts. The 3 hosts provisioned are my usual SuperMicro E300 with vSAN ESA.
Check out the video and please let me know what you think or have any questions.
After upgrading the Fleet Appliance to 9.0.1 and began deploying other VCF Operation components to 9.0.1, it was time to get VCF Operations upgraded to 9.0.1. The steps are not far from how upgrades were executed in Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager.
The following video demonstrates upgrading VCF Operations to 9.0.1
In the lab I’ve been testing different functionalities and features of VMware Cloud Foundation 9. I’ve demonstrated importing an existing vSphere 8.x domain, deploying NSX and performing Lifecycle to 9.0 using VCF Operations.
For this one, it’s deleting a VI Workload domain; “build it up, only to tear it down..” however that saying goes.
Please review Broadcom article for assistance with this; Delete a Workload Domain
In lab I have some resource limitations when deploying some of our larger VCF appliances; VCF Automation & VCF Operations for Networks.
Within the VCF Management interface, there is a section to add additional vCenters where we can deploy VCF appliances.
From the VCF Operations console go to Fleet Management >> Lifecycle >> VCF Management >> Settings >> Deployment Targets. Click ‘Add Deployment Target’
If the vCenter is added under Integrations, it appears under our organization and allow us to validate and Add.
Tasks will kick off and completed successfully.
Time to get fresh install of VCF Operations for Logs 9.01.0 installed in the homelab. Going to start this off with the assumption that the Online or Offline Depot is configured and you have downloaded required binaries from Binary Management.
From the VCF Operations console >> Fleet Management >> Lifecycle >> VCF Management >> Binary Management
You will Install, Patch and Upgrade binaries.
When the downloads complete, click ‘Overview’ under VCF Lifecycle and we will locate Operations for Logs and click ‘Add’
For this deployment, because it’s my homelab, a single appliance will suffice, however for production it’s recommended you have a minimum of 3 to form a cluster. You can read more about preparations here; VCF Operations for Logs Detailed Design
On the next step, you can generate a certificate containing the FQDNs and IPs for your appliances.
Populate Infrastructure Deployment details, and click Next
Populate general network IP information; Domain, Domain Search Path, DNS, NTP, Gateway and subnet for the appliance.
The next step is to fill out the Components section and there are too many options to list, but ensure to have IPs for your cluster and VM appliance as well as other settings.
Pre-Check successful, let’s get it!
The final screen will be a confirmation, download the settings and even view what the topology will look like.
Success.
