Deploy VMware Cloud Director
Availability in the SDDC
VMware Cloud Director
Availability
in the SDDCIn the
VMware Cloud on AWS
SDDC, as a provider, deploy all cloud VMware Cloud Director
Availability
appliances from a single .ova
file. In the tenant data center, as a tenant you can deploy the On-Premises to Cloud
Director Replication Appliance
by using its dedicated .ova
file.- As a provider:
- Verify that theVMware Cloud on AWSSDDC is prepared forVMware Cloud Director Availabilitydeployment. For more information, see Prepare the SDDC in VMware Cloud on AWS for deployment.
- Verify that the user you use has permissions to deploy OVF templates. For example, use the defaultcloudadmin@vmc.localuser that has the required permissions.
- Download theVMware-Cloud-Director-Availability-Provider-file, containing the binaries for therelease.number.xxxxxxx-build_sha_OVF10.ovaVMware Cloud Director Availabilitycloud appliances.
- As a tenant:
- Verify that the user you use has the required permissions to deploy an OVF template in the tenant data center.
- Download theVMware-Cloud-Director-Availability-On-Premises-file, containing the binaries for therelease.number.xxxxxxx-build_sha_OVF10.ovaOn-Premises to Cloud Director Replication Appliance.
- As a provider, after preparing theVMware Cloud on AWSSDDC for deployment, repeat this procedure multiple times and deploy all the cloud appliances ofVMware Cloud Director Availabilityby using the downloaded provider.ovafile.
- As a tenant, follow this same procedure once in the tenant data center and deploy theOn-Premises to Cloud Director Replication Applianceby using the downloaded on-premises.ovafile.
- Navigate to the resource pool for the appliance deployment.
- As a provider, repeat the steps in this procedure multiple times and deploy the following number of cloudVMware Cloud Director Availabilityappliances under the dedicated resource pool , created in step 10 in Prepare the SDDC for Deployment:
- One or moreReplicator Applianceinstances.
- ACloud Director Replication Management Appliance.
- ATunnel Appliance.
- As a tenant, follow the steps once in your data center and deploy theOn-Premises to Cloud Director Replication Appliance.
- Right-click the resource pool for the appliance deployment.
- From the drop-down menu, selectDeploy OVF Template.
- Complete theDeploy OVF Templatewizard.
- On theSelect an OVF templatepage, browse to the.ovafile location and clickNext.
- On theSelect a name and folderpage, enter a name for the appliance, select a deployment location, and clickNext.
- On theSelect a compute resourcepage, select a host, or cluster as a compute resource to run the appliance on, and clickNext.As a provider, select the dedicated resource pool for each appliance, for example select.VCDA-Resource-Pool
- On theReview detailspage, verify theOVFtemplate details and clickNext.
- On theLicense agreementspage, select theI accept all license agreementscheck box and clickNext.
- As a provider, on theConfigurationpage, select an appliance deployment type for each appliance and clickNext.
- One or moreReplicator Applianceinstances.
- ACloud Director Replication Management Appliance.
- ATunnel Appliance.
.Installation, Configuration, and Upgrade Guide in the Cloud Director Site - On theSelect storagepage, selectWorkloadDatastoreand clickNext.
- On theSelect networkspage, select the network for theVMware Cloud Director Availabilityappliance and clickNext.
- As a provider, select the dedicated routed network for theVMware Cloud Director Availabilityappliances. For information about this dedicated routed network, see step 5.b in Prepare the SDDC for Deployment.
- As a tenant, to ensure a successful pairing select a network with access to theVMware Cloud on AWSSDDC.
- On theCustomize templatepage, customize the deployment properties of the appliance and clickNext.Root passwordEnter and confirm the initial password for the appliancerootuser. Later, when logging in for the first time, this initial password must be changed.Address
- As a provider, enter an IP address in CIDR notation in thevcda-network-segmentdedicated routed network for the cloudVMware Cloud Director Availabilityappliances. For information about this network, see step 5.b in Prepare the SDDC for Deployment.
- As a tenant, enter an IP address in CIDR notation that belongs in the tenant data center network.
Gateway- As a provider, enter the compute gateway.
- As a tenant, enter the tenant data center gateway.
DNS servers- As a provider, enter the compute gateway DNS service IP address of the SDDC. To obtain it, click theNetworking & Securitytab, then in the left pane underSystem, clickDNSand next to theCompute Gateway DNS Forwarder, copy its IP address from the DNS Server IP column.
- As a tenant, enter the IP address of the DNS server in the tenant data center.
NTP ServerEnter the address of the NTP server for theVMware Cloud Director Availabilityappliance to use.- As a provider, check the available time servers in the zone of your AWS instance and use the same NTP server asvCenter Server,ESXi,VMware Cloud Director, and all cloudVMware Cloud Director Availabilityappliances.
- As a tenant, use the same NTP server asvCenter ServerandESXi.
- On theReady to completepage, review the settings, optionally selectPower on after deploymentand to begin the OVF deployment, clickFinish.
TheRecent Taskspane shows a new task for initializing the OVF deployment. After the task completes, the new appliance is created in theVMware Cloud Director Availabilityappliances resource pool. - After deployment, power on the appliance.
- Under the resource pool for the appliance deployment, right-click the virtual machine.
- From the context menu, select .
The
VMware Cloud Director
Availability
appliances are deployed.- As a provider, you can now configure the SDDC network. For more information, see Configure the network of the SDDC in VMware Cloud on AWS.
- As a tenant, you can now configure theOn-Premises to Cloud Director Replication Appliance. For more information, see Configure and Pair the On-Premises to Cloud Director Replication Appliance.