{"id":47757,"date":"2021-04-15T09:00:18","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T07:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/?p=47757"},"modified":"2021-04-20T09:09:26","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T07:09:26","slug":"vrealize-operations-manager-8-3-enable-continuous-availability-pt-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/vrealize-operations-manager-8-3-enable-continuous-availability-pt-2\/","title":{"rendered":"vRealize Operations Manager 8.3 enable Continuous Availability - pt.2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47783 size-full\" title=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-01\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-01.jpg\" alt=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-01\" width=\"602\" height=\"202\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the <span id=\"GUID-1213E0E4-1C01-41CA-B1C3-ED981DC1E348__PRODUCTNAME_187D19A9B6A444C0ADC94B50C1155C9D\" class=\"ph productname\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/vrealize-operations-manager-8-0-1-configure-sso-service\/\">vRealize Operations Manager<\/a><\/span> cluster the Continuous Availability (CA) feature can be enabled at the <strong>installation time or after<\/strong>\u00a0<span id=\"GUID-1213E0E4-1C01-41CA-B1C3-ED981DC1E348__PRODUCTNAME_187D19A9B6A444C0ADC94B50C1155C9D\" class=\"ph productname\">vROps<\/span>\u00a0is up and running.<\/p>\n<p>While enabling the CA feature in an existing cluster requires to <strong>bring the cluster offline<\/strong>, the advantage of configuring this feature at the installation time is that there is a <strong>less impact<\/strong> since the cluster hasn't started yet.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Blog Series<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/vrealize-operations-manager-8-3-enable-continuous-availability-pt-1\/\">vRealize Operations Manager 8.3 enable Continuous Availability - pt.1<\/a><br \/>\nvRealize Operations Manager 8.3 enable Continuous Availability - pt.2<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/vrealize-operations-manager-8-3-enable-continuous-availability-pt-3\/\">vRealize Operations Manager 8.3 enable Continuous Availability - pt.3<\/a><\/p>\n<section id=\"GUID-1213E0E4-1C01-41CA-B1C3-ED981DC1E348__GUID-80C19714-21CF-461F-8BB7-749F97C8335D\" class=\"section context\">\n<p id=\"GUID-1213E0E4-1C01-41CA-B1C3-ED981DC1E348__p_7221B3A06300444E91336248623235E4\" class=\"p\">\n<\/section>\n<div id=\"GUID-1213E0E4-1C01-41CA-B1C3-ED981DC1E348__GUID-A797A4DC-6084-4B0A-B4B2-982C2E472F6F\" class=\"section prereq p\">\n<div class=\"tasklabel\">\n<h2 id=\"prerequisites-1\" class=\"sectiontitle tasklabel\">Prerequisites<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>To proceed with the configuration there are some prerequisites to be met:<\/p>\n<ul id=\"GUID-1213E0E4-1C01-41CA-B1C3-ED981DC1E348__ul_D9F978DD0051458A9FB1B54AB17B5ABD\" class=\"ul\">\n<li>Deploy and configure the Primary Node<\/li>\n<li id=\"GUID-1213E0E4-1C01-41CA-B1C3-ED981DC1E348__LI_1BCA39C2-51C0-4047-B0BF-576E4D86542E\" class=\"li\">Deploy and configure the Witness Node<\/li>\n<li class=\"li\">Deploy and configure one Data Node<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Before proceeding with the configuration of the Continuous Availability feature, keep in mind the <strong>vROps cluster must be brought Offline<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Deploy the Witness Node<\/h2>\n<p>Deploy a new vROps appliance to configure the <strong>Witness Node<\/strong>. The Witness appliance must be deployed in a <strong>third location<\/strong> and in a <strong>different network<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47785 size-large\" title=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-02\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-02-600x332.jpg\" alt=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-02\" width=\"600\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once the Witness Node has been deployed, right click the appliance and select <strong>Power &gt; Power On<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47787 size-large\" title=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-03\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-03-600x386.jpg\" alt=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-03\" width=\"600\" height=\"386\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When the appliance has booted, check the console to retrieve the correct IP Address to access the management GUI.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47789 size-large\" title=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-04\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-04-600x443.jpg\" alt=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-04\" width=\"600\" height=\"443\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From the <strong>Initial Setup<\/strong> page, click on <strong>Expand an Existing Installation<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47791 size-large\" title=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-05\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-05-600x357.jpg\" alt=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-05\" width=\"600\" height=\"357\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47793 size-large\" title=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-06\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-06-600x403.jpg\" alt=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-06\" width=\"600\" height=\"403\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Enter the <strong>Node name<\/strong> (for example vROps-Witness) and specify <strong>Witness<\/strong> as <strong>Node type<\/strong>. Enter the <strong>Master node IP address or FQDN<\/strong> and click <strong>Validate<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47795 size-large\" title=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-07\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-07-600x403.jpg\" alt=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-07\" width=\"600\" height=\"403\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once validated, thick the <strong>Accept this certificate<\/strong> option and click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47797 size-large\" title=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-08\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-08-600x403.jpg\" alt=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-08\" width=\"600\" height=\"403\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Select <strong>Use cluster administrator user name and password<\/strong> option and enter the <strong>Password<\/strong>. Click <strong>Next<\/strong> to continue.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47799 size-large\" title=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-09\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-09-600x403.jpg\" alt=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-09\" width=\"600\" height=\"403\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click <strong>Finish<\/strong> to complete the procedure.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47801 size-large\" title=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-10\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-10-600x403.jpg\" alt=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-10\" width=\"600\" height=\"403\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The new node is being prepared for first use.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47803 size-large\" title=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-11\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-11-600x325.jpg\" alt=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-11\" width=\"600\" height=\"325\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After some minutes, the Witness Node is <strong>ready to be added<\/strong> to the cluster.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47805 size-large\" title=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-12\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-12-600x341.jpg\" alt=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-12\" width=\"600\" height=\"341\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Before adding the Witness to the vROps cluster, we are going to install a <strong>new Data Node<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Deploy a Data Node<\/h2>\n<p>As done previously, deploy another vROps appliance to use it as <strong>Data Node<\/strong>.\u00a0Once the Data Node has been deployed, right click the appliance and select <strong>Power &gt; Power On<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47808 size-large\" title=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-13\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-13-600x408.jpg\" alt=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-13\" width=\"600\" height=\"408\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From the <strong>Initial Setup<\/strong> page, click on <strong>Expand an Existing Installation<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47810 size-large\" title=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-14\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-14-600x341.jpg\" alt=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-14\" width=\"600\" height=\"341\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47812 size-large\" title=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-15\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-15-600x403.jpg\" alt=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-15\" width=\"600\" height=\"403\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Enter the <strong>Node name<\/strong> and specify <b>Data<\/b>\u00a0as <strong>Node type<\/strong>. Enter the <strong>Master node IP address or FQDN<\/strong> and click <strong>Validate<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47814 size-large\" title=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-16\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-16-600x403.jpg\" alt=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-16\" width=\"600\" height=\"403\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once validated, thick the <strong>Accept this certificate<\/strong> option and click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47816 size-large\" title=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-17\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-17-600x403.jpg\" alt=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-17\" width=\"600\" height=\"403\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Select <strong>Use cluster administrator user name and password<\/strong> option and enter the <strong>Password<\/strong>. Click <strong>Next<\/strong> to continue.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47818 size-large\" title=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-18\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-18-600x403.jpg\" alt=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-18\" width=\"600\" height=\"403\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click <strong>Finish<\/strong> to complete the procedure.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47820 size-large\" title=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-19\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-19-600x403.jpg\" alt=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-19\" width=\"600\" height=\"403\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The new node is being prepared for first use.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47822 size-large\" title=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-20\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-20-600x326.jpg\" alt=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-20\" width=\"600\" height=\"326\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After few minutes, the Data Node is <strong>ready to be added<\/strong> to the cluster.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47824 size-large\" title=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-21\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-21-600x373.jpg\" alt=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-21\" width=\"600\" height=\"373\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Add the new nodes to the vROps cluster<\/h2>\n<p>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.vmware.com\/en\/vRealize-Operations-Manager\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">vRealize Operations Manager<\/a> Administration page, click <strong>Finishing Adding New Node(s)<\/strong> to add the new nodes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47826 size-large\" title=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-22\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-22-600x372.jpg\" alt=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-22\" width=\"600\" height=\"372\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click <strong>OK<\/strong> to confirm.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47828 size-large\" title=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-23\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-23-600x203.jpg\" alt=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-23\" width=\"600\" height=\"203\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The system starts the process to finish the <strong>cluster expansion<\/strong>. Notice the new nodes are currently <strong>Not running<\/strong> and <strong>Offline<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47830 size-large\" title=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-24\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-24-600x372.jpg\" alt=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-24\" width=\"600\" height=\"372\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After some minutes both nodes are <strong>Running and Online<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47832 size-large\" title=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-25\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-25-600x372.jpg\" alt=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-25\" width=\"600\" height=\"372\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once both nodes are fully working, the <strong>Enable HA<\/strong> and <strong>Enable CA<\/strong> features can be now configured.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47834 size-large\" title=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-26\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-26-600x125.jpg\" alt=\"vrops-enable-ca-nodes-installation-26\" width=\"600\" height=\"125\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"itemgroup info\">\n<div id=\"GUID-1213E0E4-1C01-41CA-B1C3-ED981DC1E348__GUID-A869F0DD-996D-4988-8417-0E930765EA39\" class=\"note note note_note\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/vrealize-operations-manager-8-3-enable-continuous-availability-pt-3\/\">Part 3<\/a> will cover the procedure to <strong>enable the Continuous Availability<\/strong> in the vRealize Operations Manager cluster.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"signature\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/firma.jpg\" alt=\"signature\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the vRealize Operations Manager cluster the Continuous Availability (CA) feature can be enabled at the installation time or after\u00a0vROps\u00a0is up and running. While enabling the CA feature in an existing cluster requires to bring the cluster offline, the advantage of configuring this feature at the installation time is that there is a less impact since the cluster hasn't started yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":47783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"linkedin_93tdZWzMZc_93tdZWzMZc":"","facebook_2879994398731222_17841400390232720":"","twitter_113568041_113568041":"","mastodon_115463926174894442_115463926174894442":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[903,2128],"tags":[2301,1652,2037],"class_list":["post-47757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vmware-en","category-vrealize-en","tag-continuous-availability","tag-vrealize","tag-vrops","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}