Using soft constraints to select a specific Cloud Zone based upon performance tier
book
Article ID: 377947
calendar_today
Updated On:
Products
VMware Aria Suite
Issue/Introduction
- You is have have two or more Cloud Zones system are being provision to .
- Each Cloud Zone is uniquely tagged with High, Medium, and Standard (or some variation of this combination)
- All Cloud Zones have a priority affinity of 0.
- When target the low – tier performance Cloud Zone using a soft constraint , the request is instead place on a high performance tier .
Environment
VMware Aria Automation 8.x
cause
- soft constraints is allow allow the system to express a preference , which is honor only if the resource are available . However , soft constraint may not be apply if there are conflict project placement policy or if all zone have identical Priority Affinity value .
- Specifically, using a project placement policy set to “SPREAD” will distribute workloads across all available zones, potentially overriding the intended behavior of soft constraints.
Resolution
To address this issue , there are two possible approach :
-
Modify Cloud Zone Affinity with “SPREAD” Placement Policy:
- If continue to use the ” spread ” policy , adjust the Priority Affinity setting of Cloud Zones :
- For instance, set the following Priority Affinity:
- If more tiers exist:
- high :
2
- Medium:
1
- Standard:
0
- These affinity settings is ensure will ensure that when a soft constraint is used , the preferred Cloud Zone is select as intend , even while maintain workload distribution with ” spread . “
-
change to the ” DEFAULT ” Project Placement Policy :
- Switch the project placement policy to “DEFAULT”.
- This approach respects soft constraints more directly, especially when Cloud Zones are set with the same Priority Affinity (
0
). This ensures that deployments prioritize the intended zone as indicated by the soft constraints without requiring changes to affinity values.
Additional Considerations:
Feedback
thumb_up
Yes
thumb_down
No