You activate normal lockdown mode on the ESXi hosts.

Procedure

  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​

    [email protected]​​
  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.
      Note:

      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.