I have vCops configured for our internal vCenter. I want to add a Rackspace instance of vCenter to the same vCops vApp as well.
Can I just go into vcops/Admin, click on New Regsitration, enter the credenital info and expect that vCops will instantiate the new vCenter in vCops?
Also, do I need separate license key that would need to be entered into the RackSpace vCenter or will it be able to use available licenses from the internal vCenter (which has enough licenses for both environments).
Thanks,
-MattG
You could register the additional vCenter with the existing vC Ops vApp instance. Licensing on the internal vCenter server will apply.
Depending on your available bandwidth and avg latency to the Rackspace instance, and the number of VMs/Hosts you may encounter some issues. In other words, if you have 100 hosts and 1000 VMs then it could be a problem. A much smaller environment (10 hosts/100 VMs) may work OK.
It may be that you would just want to set up a vC Ops instance for that vCenter and split your license key.
It would be great if you shared your experience after setting this up.
You could register the additional vCenter with the existing vC Ops vApp instance. Licensing on the internal vCenter server will apply.
Depending on your available bandwidth and avg latency to the Rackspace instance, and the number of VMs/Hosts you may encounter some issues. In other words, if you have 100 hosts and 1000 VMs then it could be a problem. A much smaller environment (10 hosts/100 VMs) may work OK.
It may be that you would just want to set up a vC Ops instance for that vCenter and split your license key.
It would be great if you shared your experience after setting this up.
How should I expect performance issues to manifest themselves? Would it just be lag for that specific instance of the remote vCenter's info in vCops or could it affect overall performance of vCops?
-Matt
Hi Matt,
I think it is to just monitor the load on your vcops server.
Things to look at :
1. Networking : have a look at the analytics vm network stats. U should see every 5min a spike of about 1-2mb depending on the size of the environment ( my 960vm, 79 hosts is about 2.2mb)
2. Disk : DT calcs on your analytics might be a bit longer. Look at disk stats to see this for the analytics vm.
3. CPU : the UI vm does capacity rollups stats every 1hour..this might take a bit longer.
Would be great if you can post before and after stats on this.
Hugo.
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