'Add AVN' option grayed out in SDDC

Products

• VMware SDDC Manager

Issue/Introduction

'Add AVN' option grayed out in SDDC Manager UI

Environment

Brownfield deployment of VCF

SDDC 5.2

SDDC 5.x.*

Cause

By default, the Add AVN option is not available in Brownfield deployed VCF/SDDC.

NSX-T Manager is deployed along with VCF in Brownfield deployment, virtual networking configuration needs to performed manually.

 

 

Resolution

Confirm virtual networking configuration on NSXT Manager is done as per,

https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2024/10/22/vmware-cloud-foundation-vcf-enabling-virtual-networking-on-imported-workload-domains/

 

Run the sync operations using Brownfield script:

python3 vcf_brownfield.py sync --domain-name <selected-domain-name>

Additional Information

Below steps can be performed to download the vcf_brownfield.py script and get it available on SDDC.

 

Login to Broadcom support portal using below link to download the VCF Import Tool (vcf-brownfield-import-5.2.1.1-24421574.tar.gz).

https://support.broadcom.com/group/ecx/productfiles?subFamily=VMware%20Cloud%20Foundation&displayGroup=VMware%20Cloud%20Foundation%205.2&release=5.2.1&os=&servicePk=523724&language=EN

Once logged in, go to 'Drivers & Tools' and download VCF Import Tool.

Create the 'vcfimport' directory in SDDC.

mkdir /home/vcf/vcfimport

Move the VCF Import Tool file to this directory.

Extract the contents of vcf-brownfield-import-<version>.tar.gz.

tar -xvf vcf-brownfield-import-<version>.tar.gz