Remove NSX from VCF Imported Domain

Products

• VCF Operations
• VMware Cloud Foundation

Issue/Introduction

Remove NSX from VCF Imported Domain 

Environment

VMware Cloud Foundation

Resolution

1. Login to the NSX Manager that needs to be redeployed. 
   
   
2. Un-prepare vCenter clusters from NSX
   
   NSX Manager UI > System > Fabric > Hosts
   
   Under Clusters tab, select the clusters from the impacted vCenter.
   
   
   
   
3. Verify that all hosts are in a "Not Configured" NSX Configuration state before proceeding to Step 4.
   
   
4. Remove Compute Manager
   
   NSX Manager UI > System > Fabric > Compute Manager
   

   Click on 3 dots on left side of the compute manager for the impacted vCenter. Click on Delete option.

   

5. Delete NSX VM(s) from the vCenter
   
   Power off the NSX Managers / NSX Edges
   
   vCenter UI > NSX Manager VM > Actions > Power > Power Off > Confirm Power Off
   
   Once the VMs are powered off, select the NSX Manager VM
   
   vCenter UI > NSX Manager VM > Actions > Delete from Disk > Confirm Delete
6. Remove the domain from the SDDC-M inventory 
   
   
7. SSH into the SDDC Manager with vcf and then elevate to root with su.
   
   
8. Collect the domain ID for the domain that will be reimported. 
   
   curl -i -X GET http://localhost/inventory/extensions/vi/domainInventory
   
   
9. Remove the NSX Manager from the domain. (If NSX Manager is shared skip this step)
   
   curl -i -X DELETE http://localhost/inventory/extensions/vi/nsxtclusterdomains/{domain-id}
   
   example:
   
   curl -i -X DELETE http://localhost/inventory/extensions/vi/nsxtclusterdomains/89095d72-2fa0-4156-8a8a-ab8fe207a99a
   
   
   
10. Remove the domain from the SDDC inventory.
    
    curl -s -X DELETE http://localhost/inventory/extensions/vi/domains/{domain-id}    
    
    example:
    
    curl -s -X DELETE http://localhost/inventory/extensions/vi/domains/89095d72-2fa0-4156-8a8a-ab8fe207a99a
    
    
11. Decommission all of the ESX hosts associated with the domain from the SDDC Manager UI. The hosts should be in the UNASSIGNED state now. (Limit of 50 hosts at a time)
    
    
12. Remove the SDDC M plugin registration from the vCenter
    

    Go to https://<vCenter FQDN>/mob and login with vCenter credentials

    Go to content → ExtensionManager

    You will be able to see extensionList["com.vmware.sddcManager"] in the VALUE column for extensionList in Properties Section