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4 Select an option from the Time Sync Mode menu.
Option Action
Use Time Server Select Use Time Server from the Time Sync Mode menu to use Network Time
Protocol . For each time server that you are using, enter the IP address or the
host name in the Time Server text box.
Use Host Time Select Use Host Time from the Time Sync Mode menu to use VMware Tools
time synchronization. You must configure the connections to Network Time
Protocol servers before you can use VMware Tools time synchronization.
5 Click Save Settings.
6 Verify that the value in Current Time is correct.
You can change the time zone as required from the Time Zone Setting page on the System tab.
Join a vRealize Automation appliance to a Cluster
Distributed installations that use load balancers support the use of more than one vRealize Automation
appliance in a deployment. Each appliance in the deployment must belong to a cluster.
You join a vRealize Automation appliance to a cluster from the management console. The join operation
copies appliance configuration information for the cluster to the appliance you are adding to the cluster,
including certificate, SSO, licensing, database, and messaging information.
Perform this task from the management console of each server you want to join to the cluster except for
the leading cluster node.
The join operation is not required for the leading cluster node because the join operation links the leading
cluster node with the node from whose management console you are working, which makes both nodes
part of the same cluster. After an appliance is part of the cluster, you can specify its FQDN as the leading
cluster node.
Note When you add the first node to a cluster, you might need to re-import or recreate the certificate.
Also, you should add nodes to a cluster one at a time and not in parallel.
Prerequisites
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Configure the Primary vRealize Automation Appliance.
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If your site is using a load balancer, verify that it is configured for use with your vRealize Automation
appliance.
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Enable Time Synchronization on the vRealize Automation Appliance. Time synchronization must be
enabled for each appliance.
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Verify that traffic can pass through the load balancer to the installed nodes and to the node being
configured. The primary node must also be available.
Procedure
1 Navigate to the vRealize Automation appliance management console by using its fully qualified
domain name, https://vra-va-hostname.domain.name:5480/.
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