Recommended Procedure for resizing VMware Cloud Director Appliances
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VMware Validated Designs provide a comprehensive and prescriptive framework for the establishment and management of a software-defined data center. These designs incorporate a range of VMware products and solutions to create a standardized and validated architecture that aligns with industry best practices.
The VMware Cloud Director appliance offers four size options during deployment: Small, Medium, Large, and Extra Large (VVS).
Details on these sizes can be found VMware Cloud Director Appliance Sizing Guidelines.
For Telco production environments that require API integrations and monitoring, it is essential to select the Extra Large size. API integrations include orchestration tools such as Nokia CBAM.
This document will provide you with the necessary steps to resize your Appliances.
Resolution
- Login to the Primary Appliance VAMI and take a backup of the Cloud Director Appliance Postgres Embedded Database.
- If you wish to take cold snapshots, Perform an Orderly Shutdown of Your VMware Cloud Director Appliance Cluster as per documentation at Perform an Orderly Shutdown and Startup of Your VMware Cloud Director Appliance Cluster.
- Once the cells have been powered down in vCenter, Right-click the appliances and click Snapshots > Take Snapshots.
- Edit the properties of the Appliance VMs and increase the CPU and RAM of the Appliances based on the cluster configuration as per documentation at Cloud Director Appliance Sizing Guidelines .
- Once the changes have been made, Perform an Orderly Startup of Your VMware Cloud Director Appliance Cluster as per documentation at Perform an Orderly Shutdown and Startup of Your VMware Cloud Director Appliance Cluster.
- During this process, login to the Primary Appliance VAMI again and check the cluster status.
- If the cluster status is anything other than Healthy, please open a case with Broadcom support.
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