power down vCLS

[azuser]

I have a couple of clusters managed by a vCenter. I was trying to power down the vCLS VMs via the GUI, but they immediately power back on. I got the domain ID from the KB and was able to add the setting config.vcls.clusters.domain-c1853.enabled = false, which deleted the vCLS VMs for that cluster.

However, when I try to do the same for the other cluster, the operation fails. How can I power down the vCLS VMs so I can power down all the ESXi hosts for maintenance?

or Will ESXI host goes into maintenance mode if the vCLS powered on on that ESXi?

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[ninjabrum]

vCenter manages the vCLS nodes.  You don't need to disable them.  If you put every host in MM, vCenter will power off / destroy them as needed.  You may need to wait a few minutes for the advanced setting to be applied.

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[Sebastian Ulatowski]

It depends on the version you have. If you have version 8, there are options in the GUI to disable vCLS. If, of course, you have an earlier version, you need to use the settings you mentioned. But just like ninjabrum wrote, you can just put host in maintanace mode and in version 8, vcls will be powerdown or migrated, in earlier version, just powerdown vcls vm.

Regards, 

Sebastian

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[ChrisLeblanc]

In the GUI, click on the cluster, then Configure Tab->vSphere Cluster Services->General

Edit VCLS Mode

Normal mode is System Managed

Retreat mode deactivates the vCLS

You would want to put this back after for best practice