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
Action |
Additional Information |
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-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. |
Parameters |
Additional Information |
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--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. |