Proper shutdown and startup for VCF environment

Products

• VMware SDDC Manager / VCF Installer

Issue/Introduction

Planned shutdown of VCF requires proper shutdown and startup procedure.  

Environment

VCF 5.x 

Cause

VCF by design requires proper shutdown and startup procedures.  

Resolution

Follow Documentation to shutdown and startup the VCF environment.  

• Shutdown procedures:
  • Shut Down the Management Domain
  • Shut Down a Virtual Infrastructure Workload Domain
• Startup procedures:
  • Start the Management Domain
  • Start a Virtual Infrastructure Workload Domain
• Tanzu procedures:
  • Shut Down a Virtual Infrastructure Workload Domain with vSphere with Tanzu
  • Start a Virtual Infrastructure Workload Domain with vSphere with Tanzu