Add a
vCenter
to a
VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
data center

Add a
vCenter
to a data center before using the
vCenter
to create a private cloud environment in
VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
.
Ensure that you have the
vCenter
fully qualified domain name, user name, and password.
  1. On the left pane, click
    Datacenters
    .
  2. To add a
    vCenter
    , on the
    Datacenters
    page, click
    + Add
    for the
    vCenter
    .
  3. Enter the
    vCenter
    Name
    and
    vCenter FQDN
    .
  4. Click
    Select Credentials
    for the
    vCenter
    .
    1. You can either search for an existing
      vCenter
      credentials or add new credentials using the + sign .
    2. Click the + sign on the right corner to assign a password for the selected
      vCenter
      credential.
    3. Enter the Password details and click
      Add
      .
  5. Enter the
    vCenter
    User Name
    for the
    vCenter
    .
    You should have the required
    vCenter
    privileges.
  6. Select the
    vCenter
    Type
    .
    • Management: All VMware SDDC Suite products are managed by this
      vCenter
      type.
    • Workload: All the payload or business related VMs are managed by this
      vCenter
      type.
    • Consolidated Management and Workload: Is a
      vCenter
      type, where both VMware SDDC Suite products and payload VMs are managed together.
    The
    vCenter
    type selection is used only for classification; the setting has no associated product functionality.
  7. Click
    Validate
    and
    Save
    the changes.
  8. To import
    vCenter
    instances, click
    Import
    .
    1. Select the .CSV file and click
      Import
      . You can upload only one file at a time for a bulk import of
      vCenter
      instances in a selected data center.
    2. Click
      Submit
      .
Go to the
Requests
page to see the status of this request. When the status is
Completed
, you can use this
vCenter
to create environments.