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VMware NSX Cookbook

You're reading from   VMware NSX Cookbook Over 70 recipes to master the network virtualization skills to implement, validate, operate, upgrade, and automate VMware NSX for vSphere

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781782174257
Length 584 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Tony Sangha Tony Sangha
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Started with VMware NSX for vSphere FREE CHAPTER 2. Configuring VMware NSX Logical Switch Networks 3. Configuring VMware NSX Logical Routing 4. Configuring VMware NSX Layer 2 Bridging 5. Configuring VMware NSX Edge Services Gateway 6. Configuring VMware NSX Distributed Firewall (DFW) and SpoofGuard 7. Configuring Cross-vCenter NSX 8. Backing up and Restoring VMware NSX Components 9. Managing User Accounts in VMware NSX 10. Upgrading VMware NSX 11. Managing and Monitoring VMware NSX Platform 12. Leveraging the VMware NSX REST API for Management and Automation 13. Other Books You May Enjoy

Configuring Primary and Secondary NSX Manager(s)


In this recipe, we will go through the steps to promote a standalone NSX Manager to primary and another to secondary. The rationale as to which site should be primary and which should be secondary typically aligns to the primary and disaster recovery data center designation. However, this rule does not mandate how to determine which side is primary and your reasoning may differ. It is important to choose which side is going to be primary with careful planning as this is where the local controller cluster will take the role of the UCC and therefore be a critical component of your Cross-vCenter NSX network topology.

In the following diagram, we have outlined our two vCenter environments and their corresponding NSX Managers. It is expected both have been deployed as per the steps highlighted in Chapter 1, Getting Started with VMware NSX for vSphere, and assume the role of standalone to begin with:

Getting ready

To configure NSX Primary and Secondary...

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