Planning for VCF for VPC instances
IBM Cloud account requirements
To order a VMware Cloud Foundation for VPC instance, you must have a Pay-As-You-Go IBM Cloud® account. The cost of the resources that are ordered are billed to that IBM Cloud® account. For more information, see Upgrading to a Pay-As-You-Go account.
Required permissions for managing IBM Cloud resources
Access to IBM Cloud resources for users in your account is controlled by IBM Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM). Every user that accesses infrastructure services resources in your account must be assigned one or more access policies that define their IAM roles. Each user must also have access to the resource group that contains the infrastructure resources.
A resource group organizes account resources in customizable groupings so that you can quickly assign access to more than one resource at a time. Every resource that is managed by IAM belongs to a resource group within your account. To manage users access and resource groups, your account must have permissions to manage resource groups and to manage accounts.
Ensure that the following requirements are met:
- You have an Editor or Administrator role on a resource group in the account. For more information, see IBM Cloud IAM roles.
- You have permission to create an IBM Cloud Schematics workspace.
- Your account meets the required IAM permissions for Bare Metal Servers on IBM Cloud VPC.
- Your account meets the required IAM permissions for IBM Cloud DNS Services.
- (Optional) Your account meets the required IAM permissions for IBM® Log Analysis service.
IBM Cloud region and zone availability for VCF for VPC deployment
The ESXi servers in VCF for VPC are built on Bare Metal Servers on IBM Cloud VPC. Therefore, you can deploy instances only in IBM Cloud® data centers that meet the requirements for IBM Cloud VPC bare metal profiles that are supported by VCF for VPC.
The following bare metal profiles are supported:
bx2d-metal-96×384mx2d-metal-96x768mx3d-metal-192x2048(available only in the Sao Paulo region)
For more information about IBM Cloud VPC bare metal servers by region, see Generation 2 (x2 and x2d) bare metal profiles availability by region and Generation 3 (x3 and x3d) bare metal profiles availability by region.
IBM Cloud quotas and service limits
When you plan your VCF for VPC deployment, you also need to consider quotas and service limits for IBM Cloud VPC and the resources available. For example, for bare metal server on IBM Cloud VPC, the limitation is 25 per account by default. To increase a quota for a resource, open an IBM Support ticket by following the steps in Getting help and support.