Shutdown/Startup order of the NSX-T environment for a maintenance window
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Article ID: 375412
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Products
VMware NSX
Issue/Introduction
This article provides the order in which VMware NSX-T nodes should be powered off and on during a maintenance window or during a power outage.
Note: This article assumes that your physical network and SAN fabric are in working order and are not experiencing any other issues.
Environment
VMware NSX-T Data Center 3.x VMware NSX 4.x
Resolution
Power Off Sequence
Note: Broadcom recommends to back up the NSX environment before initiating any planned power-off exercises. For more information, see the Backup and Restore section in the NSX Administration Guide.
Shutdown all the workload virtual machines
Shutdown the ESXi transport nodes
Place the NSX Edge nodes into NSX Maintenance Mode
Shutdown the NSX edge nodes
Shutdown the NSX Manager node(Check the NSX manager attached to the VIP and power it off at the last)
Shutdown rest of the ESXi hosts hosting NSX Edge and NSX manager vms
Power On Sequence
Power ON the ESXi hosts
Power ON all the NSX Manager one by one and ensure all services are up
Power ON the NSX Edge nodes
Take the NSX Edge nodes out of NSX Maintenance Mode
Power ON rest of the ESXi transport nodes
Check the Connectivity of the Edge and ESXi transport nodes