Hi @xorraadeu
look, I already explained what you ask. But we can dig deeper into it. 🙂
You can choose between 3 options in your case.
Option 1: One vCenter, manages 2 virtual Data Center (pre-production, production)
Option 2: Two vCenter, each managing one Data center (pre-production, production)
Option 3: Two vCenter in Enhanced Linked Mode, each managing one Data center (pre-production, production)
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With Option 1, you log in to your vCenter and can manage both Data centers together with their clusters, vms, etc.
Pros: one SSO domain for users, one single vCenter license, ease of management, simplified updates
Cons: if vCenter lost connection, VCSA is damaged, disaster happens you'll have to recover your VCSA VM first (restore from backup, new deployment, etc.)
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With Option 2 you need to log in to each vCenter to control your pre-production/production data centers. The first vCenter is not aware of the existence of the second.
Pros: if something happens to a vCenter in pre-production, it doesn't affect your production vCenter. 2 vCenters are separated and data can't be compromised if one vCenter has a problem ( strictly separated SSOs, VMs from pre-prod can't be migrated to a prod due to human error, etc etc).
Cons: ease of management (you have 2 SSO domains for users, 2 single vCenter licenses, need to plan updates for 2 VCSA/vCenter, etc.)
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With Option 3 you will have kinda best of both worlds, but it comes with its price shield. 🙂
Pros: one SSO domain for users, ease of management for prod/pre-prod due to a single pane of glass, simplified migrations, etc.
Cons: 2 single vCenter licenses, need to plan updates for 2 VCSA/vCenter and coordinate them for both vCenters,
plus
everything else I described in my previous answer.
Please don't forget to accept this as an accepted solution or give me a KUDO if you find this post useful! Thanks!
It means a lot to me, I mean we all here take the time to give the answer and some people just use it and not even a thank you.
Not Kudos, no answer accepted, or even a thank you. We are not paid here to help, and if people ignore us, most of us stop helping site visitors. 🙂
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