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Deploy the First NSX Manager Cluster Node from an OVA File

When the three nodes in an NSX Manager cluster are in a failed state, you begin the restore process by restoring the first cluster node from an OVA file.
The first NSX Manager node is defined as the node that took the backup of the NSX Manager cluster. To identify this node, examine the name of the folder created during backup, as it will contain the node IP address as part of the folder name.

UI Procedure

  1. In a Web browser, log in to the management domain vCenter Server at
    https://<vcenter_server_fqdn>/ui
     by using the vSphere Client .
  2. Right-click the default cluster of the management domain and select
    Deploy OVF Template
    .
  3. On the
    Select an OVF template
     page, select
    Local file
    , click
    Upload files
    , navigate to the location of the NSX Manager OVA file, click
    Open
    , and click
    Next
    .
  4. On the
    Select a name and folder
     page, enter the VM name and click
    Next
    .
  5. On the
    Select a compute resource
     page, select the cluster and click
    Next
    .
  6. On the
    Review details
     page, click
    Next
    .
  7. On the
    Configuration
     page, select the appropriate size and click
    Next
    .
  8. For the management domain select
    Medium
     and for workload domains select
    Large
     unless you changed these defaults during deployment.
  9. On the
    Select storage
     page, select the management vSAN datastore, and click
    Next
    .
  10. On the
    Select networks
     page, from the
    Destination network
     drop-down menu, select management distributed port group, and click
    Next
    .
  11. On the
    Customize template
     page, enter these values and click
    Next
    .
    Setting
    Value
    System root user password
    <first_nsx_cluster_node_root_password>
    CLI admin user password
    <first_nsx_cluster_node_admin_password>
    You must enter a password. Do not leave the default value.
    CLI audit user password
    <first_nsx_cluster_node_audit_password>
    You must enter a password. Do not leave the default value.
    Hostname
    <first_nsx_cluster_node_fqdn>
    Default IPv4 gateway
    <first_nsx_cluster_node_gw>
    Management network IPv4 address
    <first_nsx_cluster_node_ip>
    Management network netmask
    <first_nsx_cluster_node_mask>
    DNS server list
    <dns_server_list>
    NTP server list
    <ntp_server_list>
    Enable SSH
    Selected
    Allow root SSH logins
    Deselected
  12. On the
    Ready to complete
     page, review the deployment details and click Finish.

PowerShell Procedure

  1. Start PowerShell.
  2. Replace the values in the sample code with your values and run the commands in the PowerShell console.
    The values in this example are for the management domain. Replace with the values for the specific workload domain you are recovering.
    $tempvCenterFqdn = "sfo-m01-vc02.sfo.rainpole.io"
$tempvCenterAdmin = "administrator@vsphere.local"
$tempvCenterAdminPassword = "VMw@re1!"     
$extractedSDDCDataFile = ".\extracted-sddc-data.json"
$workloadDomain = "sfo-m01"
$restoredNsxManagerDeploymentSize = "medium"
$nsxManagerOvaFile = "F:\OVA\nsx-unified-appliance-3.2.2.1.0.21487565.ova"
  3. Perform the operation by running the command in the PowerShell console.
    New-NSXManagerOvaDeployment -vCenterFqdn $tempvCenterFqdn -vCenterAdmin $tempvCenterAdmin -vCenterAdminPassword $tempvCenterAdminPassword -extractedSDDCDataFile $extractedSDDCDataFile -workloadDomain $workloadDomain -restoredNsxManagerDeploymentSize $restoredNsxManagerDeploymentSize -nsxManagerOvaFile $nsxManagerOvaFile

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