VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5

5.2 5.1 5.0 4.5
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Activate Normal Lockdown Mode on the ESXi Hosts

You activate normal lockdown mode on the ESXi hosts.
  1. In a Web browser, log in to vCenter Server by using the vSphere Client.​
    Setting
    Value
    URL
    https:/
    /vcenter-server-fqdn
    /ui​​​
    User name​
    administrator@vsphere.local​​
  2. VMW-ESXI-00031
     Activate normal lockdown mode on a host.
    1. In the
      Hosts and clusters
       inventory, select an ESXi host.
    2. Click
      Configure
      .
    3. Under
      System
      , select
      Security profile
      .
    4. In the
      Lockdown mode
       panel, click
      Edit
      .
    5. In the
      Lockdown mode
       dialog box, select the
      Normal
       radio button and click
      OK
      .
      When performing skip-level upgrade from VMware Cloud Foundation version 4.5 to version 5.0, NSX upgrade pre-check fails if the lockdown mode is enabled on the ESXi hosts. You must disable lockdown mode before upgrading NSX and enable it again after NSX upgrade completes successfully.
  3. Repeat the procedure for all ESXi hosts in all workload domains.

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