Copy the VCF Import Tool to the Target vCenter Appliance

You use the VCF Import Tool to run a precheck on the vCenter appliance that you are planning to convert to the VMware Cloud Foundation management domain.

Procedure

1. Log in to the target vCenter Server as root at https://<vcenter_server_fqdn>:5480.
2. Navigate to Access and click Edit under Access Settings.
3. Switch on Enable SSH Login and click OK.
4. SSH to the vCenter Server as user root.
5. Enable Shell, if it is not already enabled.

   shell

6. Change the default shell from /bin/appliancesh to /bin/bash.

   chsh -s /bin/bash root

7. Create a directory for the VCF Import Tool. For example:

   mkdir /tmp/vcfimport 

8. Copy over the required software into the directory.

   File name
   vcf-brownfield-import-<buildnumber>.tar.gz

9. Extract the bundle.

   tar -xvf vcf-brownfield-import-<buildnumber>.tar.gz