Starting in NSX 6.4.0, you can change the IP address of an NSX Manager appliance. You can change the IP address for all types of NSX Manager: standalone, primary, or secondary.

Important:

Changing the host name of NSX Manager is not supported.

If your partner solution configurations reference the NSX Manager IP address, and you change the IP address of NSX Manager, you must update your partner solution. See Update Partner Solutions After NSX Manager IP Change.

If you change the network configuration of a secondary NSX Manager in a cross-vCenter NSX environment, you must update the secondary NSX Manager configuration on the primary NSX Manager. See Update Secondary NSX Manager on Primary NSX Manager.

Prerequisites

  • Verify that the new IP address is added to DNS, and is resolvable from all related vCenter Server, Platform Services Controller, and ESXi systems.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the NSX Manager virtual appliance.
    In a Web browser, navigate to the NSX Manager appliance GUI at https://<nsx-manager-ip> or https://<nsx-manager-hostname>, and log in as admin or with an account that has the Enterprise Administrator role.
  2. From the home page, click Manage Appliance Settings > Network.
  3. Click Edit in the General network settings pane and update the IPv4 or IPv6 configuration sections.
  4. Reboot the NSX Manager appliance. Click Actions (Actions) and then Reboot Appliance.
  5. After the NSX Manager appliance has rebooted, log in to the web interface, and navigate to Home > View Summary. Verify that the NSX Management Service has status of RUNNING. In a cross-vCenter NSX environment, also verify that the NSX Universal Synchronization Service has status of RUNNING.
    If you have problems connecting to the NSX Manager appliance web interface once the NSX Manger appliance VM is running, your computer or browser might have cached the old IP address. Close all browser windows, start your browser again, and clear the cache. Or access the appliance using its new IP address instead of its hostname.
  6. Log out of the vSphere Web Client and log back in.
  7. Navigate to Networking & Security > Installation and Upgrade.
    It can take several minutes for NSX Manager to connect to the vCenter Server system after the network configuration change and reboot. If you see an error message: "No NSX Managers found", log out of the vSphere Web Client, wait a few minutes, and log back in again.
  8. Click Host Preparation. Each host cluster displays Not Ready. Click Not Ready and then click Resolve all.
    The IP change causes the URL used to access VIBs to change. When you click Resolve All, the URL is updated.

What to do next

If your partner solution configurations reference the NSX Manager IP address, update your partner solution. See Update Partner Solutions After NSX Manager IP Change.

If you have changed the network configuration of a secondary NSX Manager, update the secondary NSX Manager configuration on the primary NSX Manager. See Update Secondary NSX Manager on Primary NSX Manager.