Note: When shutting down any virtual machines, select the Shut Down Guest OS option in the vSphere Web Client > Power menu.
VMware Cloud Foundation 2.0/2.1:
To stop the VMware Cloud Foundation infrastructure virtual machines, use the following order:
EVO-Rack_LCM_Backup_Repository
All NSX_Controlller VMs
vrops
loginsight
nsx-manager
vcenter-mgmt
vrm
psc2-vrm
psc1-vrm
EVO-Rack_LCM_Repository
All EVO-Rack_ISVM VMs
To start the VMware Cloud Foundation infrastructure virtual machines, use the following order:
All EVO-Rack_ISVM VMs
EVO-Rack_LCM_Repository
psc1-vrm
psc2-vrm
vrm
vcenter-mgmt
nsx-manager
loginsight
vrops
All NSX_Controlller VMs
EVO-Rack_LCM_Backup_Repository
VMware Cloud Foundation 2.2/2.3:
To stop the VMware Cloud Foundation infrastructure virtual machines, use the following order:
All NSX_Controlller VMs
All vrops VMs (if present)
All loginsight VMs
All vra VMs (if present)
nsx-manager
vcenter-1
SDDC Manager Controller
psc-2
psc-1
SDDC Manager Utility
To start the VMware Cloud Foundation infrastructure virtual machines, use the following order:
SDDC Manager Utility
psc-1
psc-2
SDDC Manager Controller
vcenter-1
nsx-manager
All vra VMs (if present)
All loginsight VMs
All vrops VMs (if present)
All NSX_Controlller VMs
VMware Cloud Foundation 3.x:
To stop the VMware Cloud Foundation infrastructure virtual machines, use the following order:
All NSX_Controlller VMs
All vrops VMs (if present)
All loginsight VMs
All vra VMs (if present)
nsx-manager
vcenter-1
SDDC Manager
psc-2
psc-1
To start the VMware Cloud Foundation infrastructure virtual machines, use the following order:
psc-1
psc-2
SDDC Manager
vcenter-1
nsx-manager
All vra VMs (if present)
All loginsight VMs
All vrops VMs (if present)
All NSX_Controlller VMs
Note: After bringing the environment back up, issue the command esxcli vsan cluster get on one ESXi host to make sure all the hosts have fully exited maintenance mode and are participating in the VSAN cluster.