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Recover the VI Workload Domain NSX Edge Cluster

Perform the following tasks to recover the VI workload domain NSX Edge Cluster

Redeploy an NSX Edge Cluster

To recover an NSX edge cluster, use the NSX API to redeploy the edge nodes.

UI Procedure

  1. Verify that the NSX Edge node is disconnected from NSX Manager by running the following API call in Postman.
    GET /<NSX-Manager-IPaddress>/api/v1/transport-nodes/<edgenode_id>/state

 "node_deployment_state":          {"state": MPA_Disconnected"}
  2. Retrieve the edge node configuration by running the following API call and copy the output payload of this API.
    GET /<NSX-Manager-IPaddress>/api/v1/transport-nodes/<edgenode_id>
    "resource_type": "EdgeNode",
	        "id": "9f34c0ea-4aac-4b7f-a02c-62f306f96649",
	        "display_name": "Edge_TN2",
	        "description": "EN",
	        "external_id": "9f34c0ea-4aac-4b7f-a02c-62f306f96649",
	        "ip_addresses": [
	            "10.170.94.240"
	        ],
	        "_create_user": "admin",
	        "_create_time": 1600106319056,
	        "_last_modified_user": "admin",
	        "_last_modified_time": 1600106907312,
	        "_system_owned": false,
	        "_protection": "NOT_PROTECTED",
	        "_revision": 2
	    },
	    "is_overridden": false,
	    "failure_domain_id": "4fc1e3b0-1cd4-4339-86c8-f76baddbaafb",
	    "resource_type": "TransportNode",
	    "id": "9f34c0ea-4aac-4b7f-a02c-62f306f96649",
	    "display_name": "Edge_TN2",
	    "_create_user": "admin",
	    "_create_time": 1600106319399,
	    "_last_modified_user": "admin",
	    "_last_modified_time": 1600106907401,
	    "_system_owned": false,
	    "_protection": "NOT_PROTECTED",
	    "_revision": 1
	}
  3. Redeploy the edge node using the following API call, passing the JSON data retrieved in Step 2 as the body.
    You do not need to pass any passwords in the JSON file.
    POST /<NSX-Manager-IPaddress>/api/v1/transport-nodes/<edgenode_id>?action=redeploy
  4. Repeat steps 1-3 for the remaining edge cluster nodes.
  5. In NSX Manager, monitor the Configuration Status of the new NSX Edge nodes, until they show
    Success
    .

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.
    $restoredNsxManagerFqdn = "sfo-m01-nsx01.sfo.rainpole.io"
$restoredNsxManagerAdmin = "admin" 
$restoredNsxManagerAdminPassword = "VMw@re1!VMw@re1!" 
$restoredVcenterFqdn = "sfo-m01-vc01.sfo.rainpole.io" 
$restoredvCenterAdmin = "administrator@vsphere.local" 
$restoredvCenterAdminPassword = "VMw@re1!"
$clusterName = "sfo-m01-cl01"
$extractedSDDCDataFile = ".\extracted-sddc-data.json"
  3. To recover the edge nodes, perform the configuration by running the command in the PowerShell console.
    Invoke-NSXEdgeClusterRecovery -nsxManagerFqdn $restoredNsxManagerFqdn -nsxManagerAdmin $restoredNsxManagerAdmin -nsxManagerAdminPassword $restoredNsxManagerAdminPassword -vCenterFQDN $restoredVcenterFqdn -vCenterAdmin $restoredvCenterAdmin -vCenterAdminPassword $restoredvCenterAdminPassword -clusterName $clusterName -extractedSDDCDataFile $extractedSDDCDataFile
If you encounter an error
Edge redeploy is blocked as an active alarm is found for Edge VM present in NSX Inventory but missing in vCenter
, navigate to the
Alarms
 section in the relevant NSX Manager UI, select all relevant alarms whose
Event Type
 is
Edge VM Present In NSX Inventory Not Present In vCenter
 and from the vertical ellipsis menu, select
Resolve
. Then, retry the redeploy operation.

Verify the State of the NSX Edge Cluster Nodes

After completing all NSX Edge node redeployments, you must verify the state of the NSX Edge cluster nodes.
  1. In a Web browser, log in to NSX Manager for the domain by using the user interface.
  2. On the main navigation bar, click
    System
    .
  3. In the left pane, under
    Configuration
    , click
    Fabric
    Nodes
    .
  4. Click the
    Edge transport nodes
     tab.
  5. Verify all edge transport nodes show these values.
    Setting
    Value
    Configuration state
    Success
    Node status
    Up
    Tunnels
    Up

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