You use the VCF Import Tool for converting or importing your existing vSphere environments into VMware Cloud Foundation.

The VCF Import Tool is distributed as a .tar package. Once extracted there is a python script called vcf_brownfield.py. The following options are available

Table 1. Script Actions

Action

Additional Information

-h, --help

Shows the VCF Import Tool help.

-v, --version

Displays the VCF Import Tool version.

convert

Converts existing vSphere infrastructure into the management domain in SDDC Manager.

check

Checks whether a vCenter is suitable to be imported into SDDC Manager as a workload domain.

import

Imports a vCenter as a VI workload domain into SDDC Manager.

sync

Syncs an imported VI workload domain or a VI workload domain deployed from SDDC Manager. See Manage Workload Domain Configuration Drift Between vCenter Server and SDDC Manager.

deploy-nsx

Deploys NSX Manager as a standalone operation. See Deploy NSX Manager for Workload Domains.

precheck

Runs prechecks on vCenter.

Table 2. Script Parameters

Parameters

Additional Information

--vcenter

Target vCenter Server for the current operation.

--sso-user

SSO administrator user for the target vCenter Server.

--sso-password

SSO administrator password for the target vCenter Server. Used for prevalidation only.

--domain-name

Workload domain name to be assigned to the target environment during convert/import.

--nsx-deployment-spec-path

Absolute path to the NSX deployment spec json file.