Manual deployment of VCF Operations in a vSphere Foundation 9.0, 9.1 environment
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Issue/Introduction
In a VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) 9.0 and 9.1 environment, users may require specific infrastructure configurations that are not supported by the automated VCF Installer. These scenarios include:
Using vSphere Standard Switches (VSS) instead of vSphere Distributed Switches (vDS).
Applying custom or non-standard settings for vSphere DRS and vSphere HA.
Utilizing iSCSI storage as the primary storage for the management cluster.
- Configuring a 2-node vSAN cluster with the vCenter Appliance residing on the same cluster.
- Operating a standalone VVF infrastructure without deploying VCF Management Services.
For environments requiring the flexibility mentioned above, a manual deployment of VCF Operations is necessary.
Environment
VMware vSphere Foundation 9.0 , 9.1
VCF Operations 9.0 , 9.1
Cause
The VCF Installer requires a standardized infrastructure configuration (such as vDS) to automate the setup. It does not support the manual customization of networking, cluster settings, or specific storage types during the automated deployment process.
Resolution
For vSphere Foundation 9.0 and 9.1, it is fully supported to manually deploy VCF Operations using the OVA file and then register the vCenter Server.
When deploying VCF Operations manually in a VVF 9.0.x environment, you must manually register VCF Operations with Business Service Console. For detailed instructions, please refer to Registering VCF Operations with the VCF Business Services console
When deploying VCF Operations manually in a VVF 9.1 environment, you must manually register the License Server. For detailed instructions, please refer to: Registering VCF Operations and a License Server with the VCF Business Services Console
Important: This manual deployment method is only supported for vSphere Foundation (VVF) environments. It is not supported for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) deployments
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