Deploy the SDDC Manager appliance on the target vCenter before converting the vCenter to the VMware Cloud Foundation management domain.

You deploy the SDDC Manager appliance by using the OVA that you downloaded. See Download Software for Converting or Importing Existing vSphere Environments.

Procedure

  1. In a web browser, log in to the target vCenter Server by using the vSphere Client.
    https:// <vcenter_server_fqdn>/ui
  2. Select Menu > VMs and Templates.
  3. In the inventory expand vCenter Server > Datacenter.
  4. Right-click the management folder and select Deploy OVF template.
  5. On the Select an OVF template page, select Local file, click Upload files, browse to the location of the SDDC Manager OVA file, click Open, and click Next.
  6. On the Select a name and folder page, in the Virtual machine name text box, enter a virtual machine name, and click Next.
  7. On the Select a compute resource page, click Next.
  8. On the Review details page, review the settings and click Next.
  9. On the License agreements page, accept the license agreement and click Next.
  10. On the Select storage page, select the vSAN datastore and click Next.
  11. On the Select networks page, from the Destination network drop-down menu, select the management network distributed port group and click Next.
  12. On the Customize template page, enter the following values and click Next.

    Setting

    Description

    Enter root user password

    root user password

    Enter login (vcf) user password

    vcf user password

    Enter basic auth user password

    admin user password

    Enter backup (backup) user password

    backup user password

    Enter Local user password

    admin@local password

    Hostname

    FQDN for the appliance

    NTP sources

    The NTP server details for the appliance

    Enable FIPs

    Select to enable FIPS if the vCenter for the new management domain is FIPS-enabled

    Network 1 IP address

    The IP address for the appliance

    Network 1 Subnet Mask

    The subnet mask for the appliance

    Network Default Gateway

    The default gateway for the appliance

    DNS Domain name

    The domain name for the appliance

    Domain search path

    The domain search path(s) for the appliance

    Domain name servers

    The DNS servers for the appliance
  13. On the Ready to complete page, click Finish and wait for the process to complete.
  14. When the SDDC Manager appliance deployment completes, expand the management folder.
  15. Right-click the SDDC Manager appliance and select Power > Power On.