Upload the Required Software to the SDDC Manager Appliance

Upload the VCF Import Tool bundle and the NSX deployment bundle to SDDC Manager appliance to enable converting or importing existing vSphere environments to VMware Cloud Foundation.

Some of the steps for VCF Import Tool 5.2.1.1 are different than the steps for previous versions. These differences are called out in the procedure.

Prerequisites

To use VCF Import Tool 5.2.1.1, delete any previous installations of the VCF Import Tool (typically in /home/vcf/vcfimport).

Procedure

SSH to the SDDC Manager appliance as user vcf.
Copy the NSX deployment bundle bundle-<buildnumber>.zip to the /nfs/vmware/vcf/nfs-mount/bundle/ folder.
Copy the VCF Import Tool to the SDDC Manager appliance.
1. Create a folder for the VCF Import Tool.
```
mkdir /home/vcf/vcf-import-package
```
2. Copy vcf-brownfield-import-<buildnumber>.tar.gz to the folder.
3. Navigate to the folder and extract the bundle.
```
tar -xvf vcf-brownfield-import-<buildnumber>.tar.gz
```
4. For VCF Import Tool 5.2.1.1, switch to the root account and run the install script.
```
su
```
```
cd vcf-brownfield-import-<buildnumber>
```
```
./install.sh
```
  After the script completes successfully, switch to the vcf user and navigate to /home/vcf/vcf-import-package/vcf-brownfield-import-<version>/vcf-brownfield-toolset.
5. Verify the scripts extracted correctly.
  In the /home/vcf/vcf-import-package/vcf-brownfield-import-<version>/vcf-brownfield-toolset directory, run the following command:
```
python3 vcf_brownfield.py --help
```
  This command should return the help information.