Commission ESXi Hosts to SDDC Manager

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With all preparatory work completed for our vVols-based Workload Domain, we can now proceed to commission the hosts into SDDC Manager.

To get started, click on Hosts under Inventory and then select the Commission Hosts button on the top-right.

Below the next screen capture we will break out what the various fields are and what to populate them with.

  1. ESXi Host FQDN: Enter in the ESXi Host name you wish to commission.
  2. Storage Type: Select the vVol option.
  3. vVol Storage Protocol Type: Pick FC from the drop-down menu of available protocols.
  4. Network Pool Name: Select a Network Pool that can be used with the Workload Domain ESXi hosts. Only a vMotion network is required for FC-based vVols.
  5. Provide the root username for the ESXi host.
  6. Provide the root password for the ESXi host.
  7. Click the Add button to save the hosts entries and then repeat the above process for as many additional hosts as you will be adding. Note that a JSON template can be populated and imported to speed up this process by importing ESXi hosts in batches.

    Once all hosts have been added, the following actions are needed to finish the commissioning process.

  8. Select all or individual hosts you wish to validate.
  9. Click on Confirm FingerPrint.
  10. Click on Validate All to precheck the hosts to confirm that they are ready for use in SDDC Manager and Workload Domains.
  11. Once validation has completed successfully click on Next to proceed.

    Confirm that the hosts are as expected (making certain that Storage Type is VVOL) before clicking the Commission button to add them to SDDC Manager inventory.

    With the ESXi hosts now available in SDDC Manager inventory, we can now use them to build a vVols-based Workload Domain.