Manage Scaling Groups

Define a scaling group

Trigger autoscaling

How the platform scales VMs

Perform maintenance on a scaling group

Move a scaling group to another virtual appliance in the same virtual datacenter

Restrict a scaling group

To restrict a scaling group,

1. Go to Virtual datacenters → select scaling group
2. Click the VM move button on the VM control panel
3. Select a restricted virtual appliance or add a new VApp and select the Restrict virtual appliance checkbox

Delete a scaling group

When you delete a scaling group, the platform will place all the VMs in the virtual appliance as regular VMs and the scaling group constraints will no longer exist. 

To delete a scaling group:

1. Go to Virtual datacenters → select scaling group
2. Click the "cog" button to put the scaling group into maintenance mode or use a maintenance action 
3. Click the delete button

Manage scaling groups with the API