Shutting down a VMware EVO:RAIL Cluster
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Shutting down a VMware EVO:RAIL Cluster

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Article ID: 337086

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VMware Cloud Foundation

Issue/Introduction

This article provides steps to shutdown and restart a VMware EVO:RAIL Cluster. For information on how to shutdown a single appliance in a VMware EVO:RAIL cluster, see Shutting down a VMware EVO:RAIL Appliance (2126579).

Environment

VMware EVO:RAIL
VMware EVO:RAIL 1.x
VMware EVO:RAIL 2.0.x

Resolution

Shutting down VMware EVO:RAIL Cluster

To shutdown a VMware EVO:RAIL Cluster with one or more appliances:
  1. From the VMware EVO:RAIL Management interface, click VMs in the left pane.
  2. Power off all client virtual machines.

    To power off all client virtual machines:
    1. Click Power Off/Shutdown.
    2. A confirmation message appears, click Confirm Shutdown.
    3. Repeat this process for each virtual machine.

      Note: Do no power off any system or QEP virtual machines.

  3. Click the VMware vSphere Web Client and log in with administrator privileges.
  4. Click vCenter in the left pane.
  5. For EVO:RAIL Release 2.0 appliances, disable vSphere DRS.

    To disable the vSphere DRS:
    • Return to vCenter Home.
    • From Inventory Lists, select Clusters.
    • Select Virtual-SAN-Cluster-id.
    • Select Manage and click Settings.
    • Under Services, select vSphere DRS.
    • If you see vSphere DRS is Turned ON in the center pane, click Edit.
    • Deselect Turn ON vSphere DRS.
    • Click OK.

  6. Migrate all system virtual machines (VMware vCenter Server Appliance, Log Insight, any EVO:RAIL partner virtual machines and EVO:RAIL Orchestration Appliance on EVO:RAIL Release 2.0) to the first node in the VMware EVO:RAIL cluster.

    To migrate the system virtual machines:

    1. From Inventory Trees, select Virtual Machines.
    2. Right-click the virtual machine and select Migrate.
    3. For EVO:RAIL Release 2.0 appliances:

      1. For Migration Type – Select Change computer resource only and click Next.
      2. For Host – Select the first ESXi host.
      3. For Network – Select vCenter Server Network.
      4. For vMotion Priority – Select Schedule vMotion with high priority.

    4. For EVO:RAIL Release 1.x appliances:

      1. For Migration Type – Select Change host and click Next.
      2. For Destination Resource – Select Virtual-SAN-Cluster-id and click Next.
      3. For Host – Select the first ESXi host and click Next.
      4. For vMotion Priority – Select Reserve CPU for optimal vMotion performance (Recommended), then click Next.

    5. Review all of the information and click Finish.
    6. Repeat this process for all system virtual machines (VMware vCenter Server Appliance, Log Insight, any EVO:RAIL partner virtual machines and EVO:RAIL Orchestration Appliance on EVO:RAIL 2.0).

  7. For EVO:RAIL Release 1.x appliance, enable Maintenance Mode on all hosts in the VMware EVO:RAIL cluster excluding the first ESXi host in the cluster.

    Note: Do not do use maintenance mode for EVO:RAIL Release 2.0 appliances.

    To enable Maintenance Mode on all hosts in the VMware EVO:RAIL cluster:

    1. Return to vCenter Home in the VMware vSphere Web Client.
    2. Select Inventory Trees and click Hosts.
    3. Right-click on each host in the cluster excluding the first host and select Enter Maintenance Mode.
    4. Select Move powered-off and suspended virtual machines to other hosts in the cluster option.
    5. Select No data migration option from the Virtual SAN data migration dropdown.
    6. Click OK.

  8. Disable High Availability on the cluster.

    To disable High Availability on the cluster:

    1. Return to vCenter Home in the VMware vSphere Web Client.
    2. Select Inventory Trees and click Clusters.
    3. Select Virtual-SAN-Cluster-id.
    4. Select Manage and click Settings in the center pane.
    5. Under Services, select vSphere HA.
    6. If you see vSphere HA is turned ON in the center pane, click Edit.
    7. Deselect Turn ON vSphere HA.
    8. Click OK.

  9. Enable automatic start for all system virtual machines (VMware vCenter Server Appliance, VMware vCenter Log Insight, and any QEP Solution virtual machines).

    To enable automatic start for all system virtual machines:

    1. Return to vCenter Home in the VMware vSphere Web Client.
    2. Select Inventory Trees and click Hosts.
    3. Select the first ESXi host in the cluster.

      Note: For example, your first host may have a name similar to esxi-node01.vm.domain.local.

    4. Select Manage and click Settings in the center pane.
    5. Under Virtual Machines, select VM Startup/Shutdown.
    6. Click Edit in the center pane.
    7. Select Automatically start and stop the virtual machines with the system option.
    8. Select each system virtual machine, use the Up arrow to move each to the Automatic Startup section in the required order:

      1. VMware EVO:RAIL Orchestration Appliance (EVO:RAIL Release 2.0 only)
      2. VMware vCenter Server Appliance

        Note: Set the Startup Delay to 30 seconds.

      3. VMware vRealize Log Insight, if applicable
      4. EVO:RAIL Partner virtual machines, if any are present.

    9. Click OK.

  10. Power off all system virtual machines (VMware vCenter Server Appliance, Log Insight, any EVO:RAIL partner virtual machines and EVO:RAIL Orchestration Appliance on EVO:RAIL 2.0 appliances).

    To power off all system virtual machines:

    Note: Do not power down the VMware vCenter Server Appliance until all other system virtual machines have been shut down.

    1. Return to vCenter Home in the VMware vSphere Web Client.
    2. Select Inventory Trees and click Virtual Machines.
    3. Right-click on the system virtual machine and select Shut Down Guest OS on EVO:RAIL Release 1.x and click Power > Shut Down Guest OS on EVO:RAIL Release 2.0.
    4. Click Yes to confirm the shut down of the virtual machine.
    5. Repeat this process until all system virtual machines are powered off.

      Note: When you power down the VMware vCenter Server Appliance, the VMware vSphere Web Client will stop responding. This is an expected behavior.

  11. Power down each VMware ESXi host in the VMware EVO:RAIL Cluster.

    To power down each VMware ESXi hosts, you may:

    • Press the power button on each VMware EVO:RAIL node
    • Use out-of-band management such as iLO or iDRAC
    • Use the VMware vSphere Client to connect to each VMware ESXi node and power down the node.

Restarting VMware EVO:RAIL cluster

To restart a VMware EVO:RAIL cluster:
  1. Power on each VMware EVO:RAIL appliance. Power on Node 1 last.
  2. Log in to VMware vSphere Web Client using an account with administrator privileges.
  3. Click vCenter in the left pane to navigate to vCenter Home.
  4. Enable High Availability with the following steps:

    1. From the Inventory Lists, select Clusters.
    2. Select MARVIN-Virtual-SAN-Cluster-id in either the left or center panes.
    3. Select Manage, then Settings in the center pane.
    4. Under Services, select vSphere HA.
    5. If you see vSphere HA is Turned OFF in the center pane, click Edit.
    6. Select Turn ON vSphere HA.
    7. Click OK.

  5. For EVO:RAIL Release 2.0 appliance, enable vSphere DRS.

    • From the Inventory Lists, select Clusters.
    • Select Virtual-SAN-Cluster-id.
    • Select Manage and click Settings in the center pane.
    • Under Services, select vSphere DRS.
    • If you see vSphere DRS is Turned OFF in the center pane, click Edit.
    • Select Turn ON vSphere DRS.
    • Click OK.

  6. For EVO:RAIL Release 1.x appliances, Exit Maintenance Mode on VMware ESXi hosts 02 and above with these steps:

    1. Return to vCenter Home.
    2. From Inventory Trees, select Hosts.
    3. Right-click the ESXi host and click Exit Maintenance Mode.

  7. From the VMware EVO:RAIL Management interface, click VMs.
  8. For each client virtual machine, click Power On.


Additional Information

Shutting down a VMware EVO:RAIL Appliance

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