VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5

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Upload the Deployment Parameter Workbook and Deploy the Management Domain

After you populate all the required configuration values in the Deployment Parameters Workbook, you upload it to the
VMware Cloud Builder appliance
 to start the deployment of the management domain.
  1. On the
    Prepare Configuration
     page, in the
    Download Workbook
     step click
    Next
    .
  2. On the
    Prepare Configuration
     page, in the
    Complete Workbook
     step, click
    Next
    .
  3. On the
    Prepare Configuration
     page, in the
    Upload File
     step, click
    Select File
    . Navigate to your completed deployment parameters workbook and click
    Open
    .
  4. After the file is uploaded, click
    Next
     to begin validation of the uploaded file. You can download or print the validation list.
    To access the bring-up log file, SSH to the
    VMware Cloud Builder appliance
     as
    admin
     and open the
    /opt/vmware/bringup/logs/vcf-bringup-debug.log
     file.
    If there is an error during the validation and the
    Next
     button is grayed out, you can either make corrections to the environment or edit the deployment parameter workbook and upload it again. Then click
    Retry
     to perform the validation again.
    If any warnings are displayed and you want to proceed, click
    Acknowledge
     and then click
    Next
    .
  5. Click
    Deploy SDDC
    .
    During the bring-up process, the following tasks are completed. After bring-up is completed, a green bar is displayed indicating that bring-up was successful. A link to the SDDC Manager UI is also displayed. If there are errors during bring-up, see
    During the bring-up process, the vCenter Server, NSX-T Data Center and SDDC Manager appliances are deployed and the management domain is created. The status of the bring-up tasks is displayed in the UI.
    After bring-up is completed, a green bar is displayed indicating that bring-up was successful. A link to the SDDC Manager UI is also displayed. If there are errors during bring-up, see Troubleshooting VMware Cloud Foundation Deployment.
  6. Click
    Download
     to download a detailed deployment report. This report includes information on assigned IP addresses and networks that were configured in your environment.
  7. After bring-up is completed, click
    Finish
    .
  8. In the SDDC Deployment Completed dialog box, click
    Launch SDDC Manager
    .
  9. Power off the
    VMware Cloud Builder appliance
    .
    The
    VMware Cloud Builder appliance
     includes the
    VMware Imaging Appliance service
    , which you can use to install ESXi on additional servers after bring-up is complete. You can delete the
    VMware Cloud Builder appliance
     to reclaim its resources or keep it available for future server imaging.

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