Holodeck: Workload Domain Expansion

Module 5: Workload Domain Expansion

This module will show the process of adding a node to an existing cluster in a workload domain, as well as adding a cluster to an existing workload domain.

Prerequsites:

• Holodeck pod with hosts ESXi-5 through ESXi-8 initialized in the nested environment commissioned.
• Expects C:\VLC\VLC-Holo-Site-1\add_hosts5-8_bulk_commission_VSAN.json configuration used in commissioning

[Step 1] Log in to the environment

1. Open a new tab in the Chrome browser (if necessary)
2. Click the Managed Bookmarks folder in the bookmark bar then select SDDC Manager
3. Log into SDDC Manager as user: administrator@vsphere.local with the password: VMware123!  
4. Click Login

 

[Step 2] Add host to cluster

1. Select Inventory -> Workload Domains-> wld-01

 

 

2. Select Clusters -> wld01-c01

 

 

3. Select Actions -> Add Host

 

 

4. Select esxi-5 then Next

 

 

5. Select your vSphere license then Next

 

 

6. Review details, then click Finish

 

 

7. Monitor progress in the task panel

 

 

8. Your result should be

[Step 3] Add cluster to Workload Domain

1. Select Inventory -> Workload Domains-> WLD-01
2. Select Actions -> Add Cluster

 

3. Select VSAN for Storage and click Begin

4. Name the cluster wld01-c02 and click Next

5. Set VLAN to 10 and DHCP addressing for IP Allocation then Next

6. Accept Object naming and click NEXT

7. Select 0 for Failures to Tolerate. Do not check Deduplication and Compression as this is a nested lab. The lab is also not configured for HCI Mesh

8. Select hosts esxi-6, esxi-7 and esxi-8 then click Next

9. Apply your licenses then click Next

10. Review details and click Finish (NOTE: There is a known issue with Chrome browser and several summary screens. If the Review screen is black, simply click finish to move forward)
11. Monitor in task pane
12. Your results should look like this