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Scaling Operations

Access​

Cluster → NodeGroups → Select → Manage

Prerequisites​

  • NodeGroup status: "Ready"
  • All nodes healthy
  • Sufficient vCloud quota
  • Available IP addresses

Scale-Up​

  1. Set target node count (1-10)
  2. System reserves resources
  3. VMs created and join cluster
  4. Nodes become "Ready" (5-8 min)

Scale-Down​

  1. Pods migrate to remaining nodes
  2. Selected nodes drain and terminate
  3. Resources deallocated (3-5 min)

Verification​

# Check nodes
kubectl get nodes -o wide

# Monitor distribution
kubectl get pods -A -o wide

# Resource usage
kubectl top nodes

Success: Node count matches target, all "Ready" status