Dell XC Web-Scale Converged Appliance - Manual (Page 60)

60 Wyse Datacenter Appliance XC for vWorkspace
8 Configuring vCenter
The following sections describe the tasks that must be completed to configure vCenter for integration
with the Nutanix cluster and vWorkspace broker.
NOTE: vCenter is required only when the hypervisor is vSphere.
8.1 Integrating vCenter and Nutanix
The Nutanix cluster and nodes must be added to vCenter. To add the Nutanix configured ESXi hosts to
vCenter:
1. Open the vSphere Client to attach to the vCenter Server Appliance and click File  New 
Datacenter. Type a meaningful name for the datacenter.
2. Right-click the datacenter and select New Cluster. The New Cluster Wizard is displayed.
3. On the New Cluster Wizard page, type a meaningful name for the cluster in the Name box.
Refer to the Nutanix vSphere Adminstration Guide for recommended vSphere cluster settings
related to HA and DSR. Click Next.
4. Select Disable EVC for the VMWare EVC and click Next.
5. On the VM Swapfile Location page, select Store the swapfile in the same directory as the
virtual machine (recommended) and click Next.
6. Click Finish on the Ready to Complete page to complete the cluster setup.
7. Right-click the newly created cluster and select Add Host. Type the ESXi host FQDN or IP
address and the ESXi host user name and password in the Add Host wizard, and then click Next.
8. Review the host summary in the Add Host wizard and click Next.
9. On the Assign License page, assign a license key using an existing or new license key and click
Next.
10. On the Configure Lockdown Mode page, do not select the Enable Lockdown mode check box
as it is not supported. Click Next.
11. Click Finish to add the ESXi host to the cluster.
12. Repeat tasks 7–11 to add all Nutanix configured ESXi hosts to the cluster in vCenter.
8.2 Integrating vWorkspace with vCenter
Log in to the vWS connection broker VM and start the Management Console.
1. In the left pane, click Locations under vWorkspace Farm until VMware is displayed under
Virtualization Hosts.
2. Right-click VMware and select Add datacenters.
3. Click Next on the Welcome page of the Datacenter Wzard.
4. Click the Edit Virtualization Servers button. On the Welcome to the vCenter Server Wizard
page, click Next.