Before configuring a VCS cluster using the VCS Cluster Configuration wizard

Last published : Sep 11, 2026
Ensure that you complete the following tasks before launching the VCS Cluster Configuration wizard to configure a VCS cluster:
  • Install InfoScale Availability or InfoScale Enterprise on the system on which you want to configure the VCS cluster.
  • You must have the following user privileges when you attempt to configure the VCS cluster:
    • Configure Application Monitoring (Admin) privileges when you launch the wizard from the vSphere client.
    • Admin role privileges if you launch the wizard through VOM
  • Install the application and the associated components that you want to monitor on the system.
  • If you have configured a firewall, ensure that your firewall settings allow access to ports used by Cluster Server installer, wizards, and services.
Verify that the following ports are not blocked by the firewall:
Physical environment 5634, 14161, 14162, 14163, and 14164
At least one port from 14161, 14162, 14163, and 14164 must be open.
  • You must not select bonded interfaces for cluster communication. A bonded interface is a logical NIC, formed by grouping several physical NICs together. All NICs in a bond have an identical MAC address, due to which you may experience the following issues:
    • Single Sign On (SSO) configuration failure.
    • The wizard may fail to discover the specified network adapters.
    • The wizard may fail to discover or validate the specified system name.
  • The host name of the system must be resolvable through the DNS server or locally, using /etc/hosts file entries.
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