VMware vSphere Metro Cluster (vMSC) Converge into VCF9

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Hi All,

Would a VCF 9.0.2 import (converge) into a 10-Node stretched management domain (MGMT + Prod Workloads co-located in single MGMT Domain) be supported for a current vSphere 8 ESXi + vCenter Solution that uses iSCSI Storage in a vSphere Metro Cluster (vMSC) across 2 sites as the principal storage?

 

1. Current solution in place:

• 2 x sites in the same region (2 buildings on same site)
• HPE Nimble iSCSI Storage array in both sites, setup with synchronous replication between buildings (vMSC)
• 1 vSphere Cluster containing all 10 hosts
• 10 x VMware ESXi 8.x hosts (5 in each building) using the above stretched iSCSI Storage for all VMs
• 1 x vCenter Server
• Layer 2 Networking between both buildings

 

2. Requirement:

• As vSphere 8.x EOS in Oct 2027, plan is to migrate/import/converge current solution above to VCF 9.

 

3. Considerations:

• iSCSI – I can see when converting, iSCSI Storage can be used as principal storage so the converge should be supported with this as the only storage. https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vcf/vcf-9-0-and-later/9-0/deployment/converging-your-existing-vsphere-infrastructure-to-a-vcf-or-vvf-platform-.html + Considerations for Implementing vSphere Metro Storage Cluster (vMSC) on VMware Cloud Foundation 9.x
• Target Design Blueprints for VMware Cloud Foundation –
• We would want to have the management workload domain and business workloads co-located in the single management domain that would span the two buildings as one cluster (the same as it currently is, so the import should not change this) So only 1 management domain / 1 cluster to reduce cost etc and re-use current 10 hosts without carving out some of them as a dedicated management domain. So we would effectively want this blueprint: https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vcf/vcf-9-0-and-later/9-0/design/blueprints/vcf-fleet-basic-management-design.html but across 2 buildings. 

Thanks