New-VCFCluster

Synopsis

Creates a cluster in a workload domains.

Syntax

New-VCFCluster [-json] <String> [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The New-VCFCluster cmdlet connects to the creates a cluster in a workload domain from a JSON specification file.

Examples

Example 1

New-VCFCluster -json .\samples\clusters\clusterSpec.json

This example shows how to create a cluster in a workload domain from a JSON specification file.

Sample JSON: Cluster Configuration

{
"nsxVClusterSpec": {
    "vdsNameForVxlanConfig": "w01-c02-vds02",
    "vlanId": 0
},
"hostSpec": {
    "hostSystemSpec": [
    {
        "license": "XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX",
        "id": "c2398611-23cd-4b94-b2e3-9d84848b73cb",
        "vmnicToVdsNameMap": {
        "vmnic0": "w01-c02-vds01",
        "vmnic1": "w01-c02-vds01",
        "vmnic2": "w01-c02-vds02",
        "vmnic3": "w01-c02-vds02"
        }
    },
    {
        "license": "XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX",
        "id": "8dbe7dcb-f409-4ccd-984b-711e70e9e767",
        "vmnicToVdsNameMap": {
        "vmnic0": "w01-c02-vds01",
        "vmnic1": "w01-c02-vds01",
        "vmnic2": "w01-c02-vds02",
        "vmnic3": "w01-c02-vds02"
        }
    },
    {
        "license": "XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX",
        "id": "e9ba66e0-4670-4973-bdb1-bc05702ca91a",
        "vmnicToVdsNameMap": {
        "vmnic0": "w01-c02-vds01",
        "vmnic1": "w01-c02-vds01",
        "vmnic2": "w01-c02-vds02",
        "vmnic3": "w01-c02-vds02"
        }
    }
    ]
},
"clusterName": "c02",
"highAvailabilitySpec": {
    "enabled": true
},
"domainId": "983840c1-fa13-4edd-b3cb-907a95c29652",
"datastoreSpec": {
    "vsanDatastoreSpec": {
    "license": "XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX",
    "ftt": 1,
    "name": "w01-c02-vsan01"
    }
},
"vdsSpec": [
    {
    "name": "w01-c02-vds01",
    "portGroupSpec": [
        {
        "name": "w01-c02-vds01-management",
        "transportType": "MANAGEMENT"
        },
        {
        "name": "w01-c02-vds01-vmotion",
        "transportType": "VMOTION"
        },
        {
        "name": "w01-c02-vds01-vsan",
        "transportType": "VSAN"
        }
    ]
    },
    {
    "name": "w01-c02-vds02",
    "portGroupSpec": [
        {
        "name": "w01-c02-vds02-ext",
        "transportType": "PUBLIC"
        }
    ]
    }
]
}

Parameters

-json

Specifies the JSON specification to be used.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

Common Parameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.