Managing Regions
When you deploy multi-region object storage clusters and their corresponding
VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension
servers, you can join the VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension
servers from each region, to build
a cluster.If you group multiple regions, you can remove
a region from the group.
Add a Region
You can group a single
VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension
server within a region with the server of another region, or you can add it to an
existing group. You cannot merge two groups of VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension
extension servers. When you group multi-region
VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension
servers, you can activate a tenant organization for multiple regions. The
VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension
server in the remote region must have an organization,
which is associated with the same tenant.- Log in to theVMware Cloud Director tenant portal.
- In the primary left navigation panel, underMore, selectObject Storage.
- On thePlatformtab, clickAdd Region.
- Enter the public endpoint of theVMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extensionserver from the region that you want to add.
- ClickValidate.The validation process checks if the server is qualified, according to different parameters, for example, if TLS is enabled for the server endpoint or if the object storage cluster is configured as a multi-region cluster.
- ClickSave.
Remove a Region
After you remove a non-local region, the
tenant organization, which is activated on this region is automatically
deactivated.
- Log in to theVMware Cloud Director tenant portal.
- In the primary left navigation panel, underMore, selectObject Storage.
- On thePlatformtab, select the region that you want to remove.
- ClickDismiss.