Prepare the VMware Cloud Foundation Instance for Health Reporting and Monitoring for VMware Cloud Foundation (2023)

The host virtual machine can use a Photon OS or Windows Server based operating system that adheres to your orgainzation's standards. For illustration purposes or use within non-production environment, this validated solution uses a sample Photon OS host virtual machine, available for download at Photon OS sample appliance.

UI Procedure

1. Log in to the management domain vCenter Server at https://<management_vcenter_server_fqdn>/ui by using an account with Administrator privileges.

2. In the Hosts and clusters inventory, navigate to the default management data center and expand the data center.

3. Right-click the cluster, and select Deploy OVF template.

4. On the Select an OVF template page, select Local file, and click Upload files.

5. On the Open dialog page, navigate to the OVA file, click Open, and click Next.

6. On the Select a name and folder page, in the Virtual machine name text box, configure the settings according to your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook, and click Next.

7. On the Select a compute resource page, select the compute resource, and click Next.

8. On the Review details page, review the settings, and click Next.

9. On the Select storage page, configure the settings according to your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook, and click Next.

10. On the Select networks page, from the Destination network drop-down menu, select the management VLAN port group, and click Next.

11. On the Customize template page, configure the settings according to your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook, and click Next.

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12. On the Ready to complete page, click Finish, and wait for the completion of the process.

13. Power on the host virtual machine.

    1. In the Hosts and clusters inventory, navigate to the default management data center and expand the data center.

    2. Expand the cluster.

    3. Right-click the host virtual machine and, from the Actions drop-down menu, select Power > Power on.

UI Procedure

1. Log in to the management domain vCenter Server at https://<management_vcenter_server_fqdn>/ui by using an account with Administrator privileges.

2. In the VMs and templates inventory, navigate to the default management data center, right-click the data center, and select New folder > New VM and template folder.

3. In the New folder dialog box, enter a name for the folder according to the VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook, and click OK.

PowerShell Procedure

1. Start Windows PowerShell.

2. Replace the values in the sample code with values from your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook and run the commands in the PowerShell console.

   $sddcManagerFqdn = "sfo-vcf01.sfo.rainpole.io"$sddcManagerUser = "administrator@vsphere.local"$sddcManagerPass = "VMw@re1!VMw@re1!"$sddcDomainName = "sfo-m01"$hrmFolder = "sfo-m01-fd-hrm"

3. Perform the configuration by running the command in the PowerShell console.

   Add-VMFolder -server $sddcManagerFqdn -user $sddcManagerUser -pass $sddcManagerPass -domain $sddcDomainName -folderName $hrmFolder

UI Procedure

1. Log in to the management domain vCenter Server at https://<management_vcenter_server_fqdn>/ui as administrator@vsphere.local.

2. In the VMs and templates inventory, expand the management domain vCenter Server tree and the management domain data center.

3. Right-click the host virtual machine and select Move to folder.

4. In the Move to folder dialog box, select the dedicated folder for the host virtual machine, and click OK.

PowerShell Procedure

1. Start Windows PowerShell.

2. Replace the values in the sample code with values from your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook and run the commands in the PowerShell console.

   $sddcManagerFqdn = "sfo-vcf01.sfo.rainpole.io"$sddcManagerUser = "administrator@vsphere.local"$sddcManagerPass = "VMw@re1!VMw@re1!"$sddcDomainName = "sfo-m01"$hrmVmList = "sfo-m01-hrm01"$hrmFolder = "sfo-m01-fd-hrm"

3. Perform the configuration by running the command in the PowerShell console.

   Move-VMtoFolder -server $sddcManagerFqdn -user $sddcManagerUser -pass $sddcManagerPass -domain $sddcDomainName -vmList $hrmVmList -folder $hrmFolder

UI Procedure

1. Log in to the management domain vCenter Server at https://<management_vcenter_server_fqdn>/ui as administrator@vsphere.local.
2. In the Hosts and clusters inventory, expand the management domain vCenter Server tree and expand the management domain data center.

3. Select the default management vSphere cluster and click the Configure tab.

4. In the left pane, select Configuration > VM/Host groups.

5. Select the VM group for the first availability zone according to your value in the VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook and click Add VM/Host group members.

6. In the Add group member dialog box, select the host virtual machine and click OK.

PowerShell Procedure

1. Start Windows PowerShell.

2. Replace the values in the sample code with values from your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook and run the commands in the PowerShell console.

   $sddcManagerFqdn = "sfo-vcf01.sfo.rainpole.io"$sddcManagerUser = "administrator@vsphere.local"$sddcManagerPass = "VMw@re1!VMw@re1!"$sddcDomainName = "sfo-m01"$groupName = "primary_az_vmgroup"$vmList = "sfo-m01-hrm01"

3. Perform the configuration by running the command in the PowerShell console.

   Add-VmGroup -server $sddcManagerFqdn -user $sddcManagerUser -pass $sddcManagerPass -domain $sddcDomainName -name $groupName -vmList $vmList

UI Procedure

1. Log in to SDDC Manager at https://<sddc_manager_fqdn> with a user assigned the Admin role.
2. For VMware Cloud Foundation 4.4.x, in the navigation pane, click Administration user.
3. For VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5 or later, in the navigation pane, click Administration > Single sign on.
4. On the Manage users page, click Add user or group.
5. On the Add user or group page, in the Search user text box, enter the name of the service account according to the value in your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook.
6. In the User / group name column, select the check box for the service account.
7. In the Role column, from the Choose role drop-down menu, select the ADMIN role.
8. Click Add.

PowerShell Procedure

1. Start Windows PowerShell.

2. Replace the values in the sample code with values from your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook and run the commands in the PowerShell console.

   $sddcManagerFqdn = "sfo-vcf01.sfo.rainpole.io"$sddcManagerUser = "administrator@vsphere.local"$sddcManagerPass = "VMw@re1!VMw@re1!"$domainFqdn = "sfo.rainpole.io"$domainBindUser = "svc-vsphere-ad"$domainBindPass = "VMw@re1!"$hrmServiceAccount = "svc-hrm-vcf"

3. Perform the configuration by running the command in the PowerShell console.

   Add-SddcManagerRole -server $sddcManagerFqdn -user $sddcManagerUser -pass $sddcManagerPass -domain $domainFqdn -domainBindUser $domainBindUser -domainBindPass $domainBindPass -principal $hrmServiceAccount -role ADMIN -type user

UI Procedure

1. Log in to the clustered Workspace ONE Access deployment at https://<clustered_workspace_one_access_fqdn>/admin with a user assigned the administrator role.
2. On the main navigation bar, click Identity and access management.
3. Click the Directories tab and select your directory name according to the values in your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook.
4. On the Settings tab, click Sync settings.
5. Click the Users tab.
6. Under Specify the user DNs, click Add.
7. In the text box, enter the base DN for Active Directory users according to the values in your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook.
8. Click Save and sync.
9. Click Sync directory.

UI Procedure

1. Log in to the vRealize Operations interface at https://<vrealize_operations_fqdn> with a user assigned the Administrator role.
2. In the left pane, click Administration.
3. Click Access control and click the Roles tab.
4. Click Add.
5. Configure the new custom role.
   1. On the Create Role page, configure the settings according to the values in your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook, and click OK.
   2. Select new role and in the Permissions section, click Edit.
   3. In the Assign permissions to role, configure the settings and click Update.

      Category	Permissions
      Administration.REST APIs	All other read, write APIs
      	Read access to APIs

UI Procedure

1. Log in to the vRealize Operations interface at https://<vrealize_operations_fqdn> with a user assigned the Administrator role.
2. In the left pane, click Administration.

3. Click Access control and click the User accounts tab.

4. To import a service account, from the elliptical drop-down menu, select Import from source.

5. Assign the custom role to the service account.

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   1. On the Import users page, configure the settings according to the values in your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook and click Next.
   2. On the Assign groups and permissions page, click the Objects tab and, from the Select role drop-down menu, select the custom role according to the value in your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook.
   3. Select the Assign this role to the user check box.
   4. In the Select object section, select following objects.

      Object Hierarchies	Object
      Adapter instance	NSX-T
      	SDDC Health Adapter
      	vCenter Adapter
      	vSAN Adapter

   5. Click Finish.