Common tasks for the NSX admin guide.

NSX Cloud Note: If using NSX Cloud, see How to use NSX Features with the Public Cloud for a list of auto-generated logical entities, supported features, and configurations required for NSX Cloud.
Note: The backup and restore workflows apply to NSX Manager and Global Manager, unless noted otherwise.

Prerequisites

Verify through troubleshooting that the appliances are not recoverable. For example, these steps may recover the appliances without having to replace them.
  • Verify that the appliances have network connectivity, and resolve if not.
  • Reboot the appliances.

Procedure

  1. With admin privileges, log in to NSX Manager.
  2. Select Networking > Network Topology.
  3. Select Networking > Tier-0 Logical Routers.
  4. Select Networking > Tier-1 Logical Routers.
  5. Locate the router in Networking > Tier-0 Logical Routers or Networking > Tier-1 Logical Routers and select it.
  6. Select the tier-0 logical router.
  7. Select the tier-1 logical router.
  8. Click the Routing tab.
  9. Select Logical Switches > Switching Profiles.
  10. Select Networking > Logical Switches.
  11. Select Networking > Advanced Load Balancer > Virtual Service > Add Virtual Service.
  12. Select Networking > Advanced Load Balancer > Virtual IP Addresses > Add Virtual IP.
  13. Select Networking > Advanced Load Balancer > Pools > Add Pool.
  14. Select Networking > Advanced Load Balancer > Pool Groups > Add Pool Group.
  15. Select Networking > Advanced Load Balancer > Profiles > Persistence.
  16. Select Networking > Advanced Load Balancer > Profiles > Health Monitors.
  17. Select Networking > Advanced Load Balancer > Profiles > IP Groups.
  18. Select Networking > Advanced Load Balancer > Certificates.
  19. Select Networking > Load Balancer > Add.
  20. Select Networking > Load Balancing > Monitors > Active Health Monitors > Add.
  21. Select Networking > Load Balancing > Monitors > Passive Health Monitors > Add.
  22. Select Networking > Load Balancing > Virtual Servers > Add.
  23. Select Networking > Load Balancing > Server Pools > Add.
  24. Select Networking > Load Balancing > Profiles > Application Profiles.
  25. Select Networking > Load Balancing > Profiles > Persistence Profiles.
  26. Select Networking > Load Balancing > Profiles > SSL Profiles.
  27. Select Plan & Troubleshoot > Port Connection.
  28. Select Plan & Troubleshoot > Traffic Analysis > Traceflow > Get Started.
  29. Select Plan & Troubleshoot > Traffic Analysis > Live Traffic Analysis > Get Started.
  30. Select Plan & Troubleshoot > Port Mirroring.
  31. Select Plan & Troubleshoot > IPFIX.
  32. Select Networking > Tier-0 Gateways.
  33. Select Networking > Tier-1 Gateways.
  34. Select Networking > Segments.
  35. Select Networking > Segments > Segment Profiles.
  36. Select Networking > VPN.
  37. Select Networking > NAT.
  38. Select Networking > Forwarding Policies.
  39. Select Networking > IP Management.
  40. Select Networking > IP Management > DNS.
  41. Select Networking > IP Management > DHCP.
  42. Select Networking > IP Management > IP Address Pools.
  43. Select Networking > Global Networking Config.
  44. Select Networking > Networking Profiles.
  45. Select Inventory > Domains.
  46. Select Security > Inventory > Services.
  47. Select Inventory > Services.
  48. Select Inventory > Groups.
  49. Select Security > Groups.
  50. Select Security > Virtual Machines.
  51. Select Inventory > Virtual Machines.
  52. Select Inventory > Context Profiles.
  53. Select Inventory > Profiles.
  54. Select Security > Profiles.
  55. Select Plan & Troubleshoot > IPFIX.
  56. Select Plan & Troubleshoot > Port Mirroring.
  57. Select System > User Management.
  58. Select System > Backup & Restore.
  59. Select System > Certificates.
  60. Select System > Support Bundle.
  61. Log in to the NSX Manager CLI.
      1. Log in to the NSX Manager CLI.

    See the NSX Command-Line Reference and NSX API Guide for more information.

    See the NSX Command-Line Reference and NSX API Guide for information about related commands and requests.

  62. Log in to the NSX Manager CLI.
  63. Select Inventory > Groups from the navigation panel.
  64. Select Inventory > Groups from the navigation panel.
  65. Select Inventory > Services from the navigation panel.
  66. Select Inventory > Services from the navigation panel.
  67. Select Inventory > Virtual Machines from the navigation panel.
    The list of VMs is displayed with 4 columns: Virtual Machine, External ID, Source, and Tag. Click the filter icon in the first three columns' heading to filter the list. Enter a string of characters to do a partial match. If the string in the column contains the string that you entered, the entry is displayed. Enter a string of characters enclosed in double quotes to do an exact match. If the string in the column exactly matches the string that you entered, the entry is displayed.
  68. Select Networking > DHCP from the navigation panel.
  69. Select Networking > IPAM from the navigation panel.
  70. Select System > Fabric from the navigation panel.
  71. Select System > Fabric > Nodes from the navigation panel.
  72. Select System > Fabric > Profiles from the navigation panel.
  73. Select System > Fabric > Transport Zones from the navigation panel.
  74. Select System > Fabric > Compute Managers from the navigation panel.
  75. Select System > Fabric > Nodes > Hosts from the navigation panel.
  76. Select System > Fabric > Nodes > Edges from the navigation panel.
  77. Select System > Fabric > Nodes > Transport Nodes from the navigation panel.
  78. Select System > Fabric > Transport Nodes from the navigation panel.
  79. Select System > Fabric > Configuration from the navigation panel.
  80. Select System > Settings from the navigation panel.
  81. Select System > Active Directory from the navigation panel.
  82. Select System > Settings > IPFIX from the navigation panel.
  83. Select System > Settings > System Properties from the navigation panel.
  84. Select System > Configuration > License from the navigation panel.
  85. Select System > Trust from the navigation panel.
  86. Select System > Configuration from the navigation panel.
  87. Select System > Utilities from the navigation panel.
  88. Select Plan & Troubleshoot > Port Connection from the navigation panel.
  89. Select Plan & Troubleshoot > Troubleshooting Tools > Traceflow from the navigation panel.
  90. Select Plan & Troubleshoot > Port Mirroring Session from the navigation panel.
  91. Select Plan & Troubleshoot > IPFIX from the navigation panel.
  92. Select Security > Distributed Firewall from the navigation panel.
  93. Select Security > Distributed Firewall from the navigation panel.
  94. Select Security > Bridge Firewall from the navigation panel.
  95. Log in to the NSX Controller CLI.
  96. Navigate to the category where you want to add the new policy.
  97. Select Security > Distributed Firewall from the navigation panel.
  98. Click Add Policy
  99. Select Security > North South Security > Gateway Firewall.
  100. Select Security > Gateway Firewall.
  101. Select the policy and click Add Rule.
  102. Navigate to Plan & Troubleshoot > Traffic Analysis > Live Traffic Analysis > Get Started.
  103. Click Actions menu.
  104. Click More Actions menu.

  106. From the View drop-down menu, select a site to discover its objects in the NSX+ UI.
  107. Click Actions menu next to the object you want to edit and click Edit in Local Manager. The On-prem NSX Local Manager opens in another window.
  108. Log in to the On-prem NSX Local Manager. The object is ready to be edited.
  109. Save your edits. Any configuration changes on the on-prem object will be synchronized with NSX+. It displays the latest configuration of the on-prem object.

  110. You can monitor the activity on the logical switch port to troubleshoot problems. See "Monitor a Logical Switch Port Activity" in the NSX Administration Guide.

    Caution: This feature is available in tech preview mode. For more information about tech preview features, see the NSX-T Data Center Release Notes.