If the protected VMware Cloud Foundation instance becomes unavailable, you must prepare the network layer in the recovery VMware Cloud Foundation instance for a failover of the management applications. To provide full management of the network infrastructure in the recovery VMware Cloud Foundation instance, first change the role of the NSX Global Manager instance in the recovery VMware Cloud Foundation instance.

Procedure

You set the NSX Global Manager instance in the recovery VMware Cloud Foundation instance as active.

  1. Log in to NSX Global Manager for the management domain in the recovery VMware Cloud Foundation instance at https://<standby_nsx_gm_fqdn>/login.jsp?local=true as admin.
  2. On the main navigation bar, click System.
  3. In the left navigation pane, under Configuration, click Location manager.
  4. In the card for the NSX Global Manager in the recovery VMware Cloud Foundation instance, click Actions and select Make active.

  5. In the Make active dialog box, click Make active.

  6. In the Do you still want to continue? dialog box, click Force to active.

  7. In the Do you want to force this standby Global Manager to be active? dialog box, click Yes.

  8. Wait until the NSX Global Manager instance changes from Standby to Active.

    This process takes several minutes to complete.