Creating and deleting VCF as a Service pairings with VCDA

Procedure to create a VCF as a Service pairing

1. In the VMware Solutions console, click Resources > VCF as a Service from the left navigation pane.

2. In the VMware Cloud Foundation as a Service table, click the Cloud Director site tab, then click an instance name.

3. Click the Add-on services tab, then expand the VMware Cloud Director Availability service.

4. On the VCF as a Service pairings tab, click Create pairing.

5. On the Create connection panel, complete the following configuration.

   1. For Zones, the default zone of the resource pool is displayed. If the instance has multiple PVDCs belonging to different zones, all the zones are displayed. Select the zone pairing.
   2. For Peer geography, the geography where the peer site is installed is displayed.
   3. For Peer site name, return to the VMware Cloud Director Availability details page and click the Instance endpoints tab. Click the Copy to clipboard icon for the Site name for the instance to pair. Paste the site name in the create connection configuration.
   4. For Peer region, select the region where the peer site is installed.
   5. For Administrator notes, you can enter notes to provide more information for the pairing. The maximum length is 200 characters and the % & < > " ' / characters are not supported.

6. Click Create pairing. The Creating status displays.

   When the Waiting for peer pairing status displays, repeat the previous steps to complete the pairing connection with the Cloud Director site to pair.

7. In the VMware Solutions console, click Resources > VCF as a Service from the left navigation pane.

8. In the VMware Cloud Foundation as a Service table, click the Cloud Director site tab, then click an instance name to pair with the first pairing.

9. Click the Add-on services tab, then expand the VMware Cloud Director Availability service.

10. On the VCF as a Service pairings tab, click Create pairing.

11. On the Create connection panel, complete the following configuration.

    1. For Zones, the default zone of the resource pool is displayed. If the instance has multiple PVDCs belonging to different zones, all the zones are displayed. Select the zone pairing.
    2. For Peer geography, the geography where the peer site is installed is displayed.
    3. For Peer site name, return to the VMware Cloud Director Availability details page and click the VCF as a Service pairings tab. Click the Copy to clipboard icon for the Peer site name that you created for the first pairing. Paste the site name in the create connection configuration.
    4. For Peer region, select the region of the first pairing.
    5. For Administrator notes, you can enter notes to provide more information for the pairing. The maximum length is 200 characters and the % & < > " ' / characters are not supported.

12. Click Create pairing. The Available status displays when the pairing is complete.

The following pairing status options are available.

Procedure to delete a VCF as a Service pairing

1. In the VMware Solutions console, click Resources > VCF as a Service from the left navigation pane.
2. In the VMware Cloud Foundation as a Service table, click the Cloud Director site tab, then click an instance name.
3. Click the Add-on services tab, then expand the VMware Cloud Director Availability service.
4. On the VCF as a Service pairings tab, locate the pairing to delete.
5. Click the overflow menu and click Delete pairing.

Related links

• Migrating VCF as a Service workloads with cloud-to-cloud connections
• Migrating workloads to VCF as a Service with VCDA
• Protecting workload data in VCF as a Service with VCDA
• Viewing VCDA details
• Adding and deleting VCDA