Start the HCX Connector Appliance for Cross Cloud Mobility for VMware Cloud Foundation

To start the HCX Connector appliance, use the use the vCenter Server user interface.

If you start up the entire management domain, you start the HCX Connector appliance last. For the full-stack startup order of VMware Cloud Foundation, see Starting Up VMware Cloud Foundation.

Procedure

1. Log in to the management domain vCenter Server at https://<management_vcenter_server_fqdn>/ui by using an account with Administrator privileges.

2. In the VMs and templates inventory, expand the management domain vCenter Server tree and expand the management domain data center.

3. Navigate to the HCX Connector appliance in the inventory.

4. Right-click the virtual machine and click Power > Power on.

5. Verify the operational state of the HCX Connector virtual machine after the startup.