I'm planning a vROps deployment to cover 2 physical active/active data center locations. I cant decide between the 2 options below:
1) Single instance at DCA with a collector at DCB
Pro:
This would allow me to build application groups for apps that span the DC's.
Single point for everything.
Con:
If we lose DCA, then we have no monitoring.
2) Separate instances at each DC
Pro's / Con's opposite of above.
Each location has around 2 vCenters each and I need vROps to cover them all. I'm not planning to use the built in HA for reasons listed here and will rely on on vSphere HA and backup instead.
Is there anything i am missing here? are these really my only options?