Hi all,
I have the following scenario:
N esxi hosts with X VMs active
2 Clusters
1 vShield Manager (VCNS)
2 vShield Edge (in HA)
2 vCenter server (in HA with hearthbeat)
1 VDS attached to the vShield and configured on vCenter with at least 60-70 portgroups created by vShield Manager.
To test a Disaster recovery I have deleted and reinstalled my vCenters and now I want to reconnect the hosts to my new vCenters.
When I reconnect my hosts to vCenters, of course my VDS isn't installed and vCenter doesn't allow me to configure it, even if it recognize that the VDS is present and configured on my Esxi hosts; I can create a new VDS but i should create manually all the portgroups the I have on the old VDS (and are quite a lot..)
Furthermore, when i try to reconfigure my hosts on the vShield manager (in the preparation section), it says that the hosts are "not ready".
My questions are:
Is there a procedure to:
- reconnect the esxi to vCenter without lose connectivity and all the portgroups (created by vShield Manager) on the VDS?
- reconnect (or reconfigure) my clusters on vShield manager ("Preparation section" inside the vShield manager web administration) without lose connectivity?
if my vShield manager (not in HA) crashed, is there a procedure that permit to reconnect the vShield Edge to a new vShield Manager or alternatively, is there a procedure/software to keep in HA also vshield Manager?
Keep in mind i would like to have a "Disaster recovery" procedure so probably I can't "export" or save configurations from old vCenters/vShield before the migration.
I have vCenter in HA so the prospect that 2 vCenters crash is remotely, but the bad luck is always near you :-)
Thank you all,
Giovanni