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2.3 - Lab 3

Objectives

  1. Log in to the vSphere Client
  2. Create Resource Pools
  3. Create a VM Folder
  4. Import the Base OS Template OVA Files
  5. Convert the VMs to Templates

Login to the vSphere Client

  1. Using Firefox, open the vSphere Client bookmark in a new tab.
  2. Log in to the vSphere Client.
  3. Expand SA-Datacenter and expand SA-Cluster-01.
  4. Verify that nsx-adv-lb-controller is powered on.
    1. If nsx-adv-lb-controller is not powered on, right-click nsx-adv-lb-controller and select Power > Power On.

Create the Resource Pools

You create resource pools for the management cluster and workload clusters.

  1. In the vSphere Client, click Menu.
  2. Click Hosts and Clusters.
  3. In the navigation pane, expand SA-Datacenter.
  4. Right-click SA-Cluster-01.
  5. Click New Resource Pool.
  6. Enter rp-tkg-management in the Name text box and click OK.
  7. Right-click SA-Cluster-01.
  8. Click New Resource Pool.
  9. Enter rp-tkg-production in the Name text box and click OK.

Create a VM Folder

You create a VM folder to place VMs created by Tanzu Kubernetes Grid.

  1. In the vSphere Client, click Menu.
  2. Click VMs and Templates.
  3. In the navigation pane, right-click SA-Datacenter.
  4. Select New Folder > New VM and Template Folder.
  5. In the New Folder window, enter tkg-vms in the Enter a name for the folder text box and click OK.

Import the Base OS Template OVA Files

  1. In the vSphere Client, click Menu.
  2. Click Hosts and Clusters.
  3. In the navigation pane, expand SA-Datacenter.
  4. Right-click SA-Cluster-01.
  5. Click Deploy OVF Template.
  6. In the Deploy OVF Template window, select Local file > UPLOAD FILES under Select an OVF template.
  7. In the Open window, select Downloads.
  8. Select ubuntu-2004-kube-v1.20.5-vmware.1-tkg.1-16555584836258482890.ova and click Open.
  9. In the Deploy OVF Template window, click NEXT.
  10. On the Select a name and folder form, leave the default value for the virtual machine name.
  11. Select tkg-vms for the virtual machine location and click NEXT.
  12. Select SA-Cluster-01 for the compute resource and click NEXT.
  13. On the Review details form, click NEXT.
  14. Select I accept all license agreements and click NEXT.
  15. Select SA-Shared-01 for storage.

  16. Select Thin Provision as the virtual disk format and click NEXT.

    IMPORTANT:

    Ensure that you select Thin Provision after selecting the storage.

  17. Select pg-SA-Production for the destination network and click NEXT.

  18. Click FINISH.

    Wait for the OVF deployment to finish before proceeding to the next task.

Convert the VMs to Templates

  1. In the vSphere Client, click Menu.
  2. Click VMs and Templates.
  3. Right-click ubuntu-2004-kube-v1.20.5+vmware.1.
  4. Click Template.
  5. Click Convert to Template.
  6. In the Confirm Convert window, click YES.