If you want to fail over the NSX load balancer from the protected to the recovery VMware Cloud Foundation instance, configure the Tier-1 gateway to set the recovery VMware Cloud Foundation instance as primary. This configuration provides dynamic routing in the recovery VMware Cloud Foundation instance and ensures that the management components of the SDDC continue to communicate using optimal routes in a fault-tolerant network.

Note: This procedure is applicable only if you want to fail over the NSX load balancer from the protected to the recovery VMware Cloud Foundation instance. For a partial migration, you can use the NSX load balancer in the protected VMware Cloud Foundation instance for the migrated management applications in the recovery VMware Cloud Foundation instance.

Procedure

  1. Log in to NSX Global Manager for the management domain in the protected VMware Cloud Foundation instance at https://<active_nsx_gm_fqdn>/login.jsp?local=true as admin.
  2. On the main navigation bar, click Networking.

  3. In the left navigation pane, click Tier-1 gateways.

  4. Click the vertical ellipsis for the cross-instance Tier-1 gateway to which the protected components are connected and select Edit.

  5. In the Locations panel, configure these settings.

    Location

    Mode

    Protected VMware Cloud Foundation instance

    Secondary

    Recovery VMware Cloud Foundation instance

    Primary
  6. In the Change primary location dialog box, click Yes.

  7. Click Save and click Close editing.