EVC Mode: Deploying vROPS when in a EVC cluster

So today I found an annoying situation.

At work we deploy a EVC cluster since one server has a previous generation Xeon and lately were been having a performance issue so I wanted to deploy vCOPS to see if it could see statistics I simple can't calculate it all in my head.

But when you do that it doesn't allow you to make a vCOPS vApp cluster. So I literally had to cram up one host to 98% cpacaity on memory with vMotion, place the other host in Maintenance mode, move it our of the EVC cluster and then deploy the vApp for vROPS and then re-add that host to the EVC cluster....

I got it working without users seeing it, but dam that made me really think...

Has anyone else had this issue before?

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joelsfood

I haven't done vROPS yet, but I don't remember any issues deploying vCOPS in an EVC cluster. Are you sure it isn't the DRS requirement, rather than EVC, that bit you?

VMware KB: Deploying VMware vRealize Operations Manager 5.x with vSphere Essentials, Essentials Plus, or Standard

Deathmage

joelsfood wrote: »

I haven't done vROPS yet, but I don't remember any issues deploying vCOPS in an EVC cluster. Are you sure it isn't the DRS requirement, rather than EVC, that bit you?

VMware KB: Deploying VMware vRealize Operations Manager 5.x with vSphere Essentials, Essentials Plus, or Standard

that article is pretty much what I had to do.

Essendon

Yep, got nothing to do with your cluster. It just needs a lot of resources. The installer would've given you the option to choose the size of the VM, looks like you went with medium/large. The 'small' size takes only 4 vCPUs and 8GB RAM (I think).