Increase or Decrease GigaVUE V Series Nodes using GigaVUE‑FM

You can add or remove nodes in an existing Monitoring Domain directly from GigaVUE‑FM if you deployed GigaVUE V Series Nodes using GigaVUE‑FM.

Increasing or Decreasing the number of nodes in a cluster is only applicable when using Clustered based deployment.

Refer to the following topics for instructions:

Add V Series Nodes to Existing Monitoring Domain

To increase the number of nodes in a Monitoring Domain, 

  1. On the Monitoring Domain page, select the monitoring domain to add more GigaVUE V Series Nodes.
  2. Select Actions>Deploy Fabric.
  3. In the VMware Fabric Deployment page, perform the following:
    1. Enter the details as mentioned in Increase or Decrease GigaVUE V Series Nodes using GigaVUE‑FM
      • The Deployment type must be Clustered to have multiple deployment on the same cluster.
      • A cluster can have only one Host Based Deployment. However, you can deploy multiple clustered instances on the same cluster. 
    2. In the Deployment Count column, enter the number of GigaVUE V Series Nodes you wish to add.
  4. Select Deploy.

    GigaVUE‑FM adds new nodes to the selected Monitoring Domain. The nodes appear under a new Deployment Name within the domain...

Decrease GigaVUE V Series Nodes from Existing Monitoring Domain

To decrease the number of nodes,

  1. On the Monitoring Domain page, perform one of the following:

    • Select the desired Deployment to remove.

    • Select the entire Monitoring Domain to remove all the related deployments.

      To select the deployment, you can use the check-box on the left side or select the deployment name.

  2. Select Action>Delete Deployment. 

    GigaVUE‑FM deletes all nodes associated with the selected deployment. The node count in the Monitoring Domain decreases accordingly.

Example use-case for Increase or Decrease GigaVUE V Series Nodes using GigaVUE‑FM

This feature is helpful when migrating from a GigaVUE‑FM visibility solution to a GigaVUE V Series solution. Instead of undeploying and redeploying the Monitoring Domain each time you need to scale, simply add or remove GigaVUE V Series Nodes within the existing domain.