Installing VCDA on-premises in VMware vCenter Server

Complete the following steps to install VMware Cloud Director Availability (VCDA) on-premises in VMware vCenter Server®.

The following steps outline a validated process. Many different configurations work.

1. Download the VMware Cloud Director Availability On-premises Appliance .ova file to a server that has a network connection to the vCenter Server.

   1. Log in to VMware® by Broadcom or create a free account.
   2. Click the Drivers and Tools tab.
   3. Download VMware Cloud Director Availability On-premises Appliance.

   Entitlements are not required for the VMware Cloud Director Availability On-premises Appliance.

2. Log in to VMware vCenter Server and navigate to the cluster name.

3. Right-click the cluster name and click Deploy OVF Template....

4. From the Deploy OVF Template window, complete the following configurations. After you complete the configuration for each tab, click NEXT to move to the next tab.

   1. Complete the following configuration for the Select an OVF template tab.
      • Select Local file.
      • Select the .ovf file and click UPLOAD FILES.
   2. Complete the following configuration for the Select a name and folder tab.
      • Enter a unique name for the installation. It is recommended to use a VM name that helps to identify VCDA.
      • Select the default folder for the VM.
   3. Complete the following configuration for the Select a compute resource tab.
      • Select the destination compute resource. It is recommended to install the VCDA On-premises Appliance in the same cluster or compute resource where vCenter Server is installed.
   4. For the Review details tab, verify all of the configuration details.
   5. For the License agreements tab, review and accept the license agreements.
   6. For the Configuration tab, select On-Premises to Cloud Director Replication Appliance.
   7. Complete the following configuration for the Select storage tab.
      • Select Encrypt the virtual machine and Datastore Default for the thin provision drop-down menu.
      • Select the management share or workload share datastore option from the table. It is recommended that you use the same storage where vCenter Server is installed.
   8. For the Select networks tab, select the management network. The management network is the same network as the vCenter Server VM.
   9. Complete the following configuration for the Customize template tab.
      • For Root password, set the root password used for the first log in to the on-premises VCDA appliance.
      • Select Enable SSH.
      • For NTP Server, enter the AD/DNS IP addresses from vCenter Server.
      • For Hostname, enter any valid hostname.
      • For Address, enter the service TO uplink3 that is under Portable subnet for the instance management from vCenter Server.
      • For Gateway, enter the Service TO uplink1 virtual IP address.
      • For MTU (bytes), enter the maximum transmission unit in bytes.
      • For DNS servers, enter the AD/DNS IP addresses from vCenter Server.
      • For Search Domains, enter the root domain of vCenter Server.
   10. For the Ready to complete tab, review your selections and click FINISH.

   The VCDA on-premises deployment to VMware vCenter Server begins. When the deployment is complete, the new folder that you created is available under the vCenter Server cluster.

5. From the installation folder, navigate to the VM and click the Power On icon.

6. When the VM is powered on, navigate to the newly installed VCDA IP address.