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.

Procedure

  1. SSH to the SDDC Manager appliance as user vcf.
  2. Copy the NSX deployment bundle bundle-<buildnumber>.zip to the /nfs/vmware/vcf/nfs-mount/bundle/ folder.
  3. Copy the VCF Import Tool to the SDDC Manager appliance.
    1. Create a folder for the VCF Import Tool.
      For example: 
      mkdir /home/vcf/vcfimport
    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. Navigate to the vcf-brownfield-toolset folder. 
      cd vcf-brownfield-import-<buildnumber>/vcf-brownfield-toolset
    5. Verify the scripts extracted correctly 
      python3 vcf_brownfield.py --help

      This command should return the help information.