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  • 1.  Basic NSX Question in Dual Site Setup

    Posted May 04, 2016 08:34 AM

    Hi Forum,

    If I have two sites, linked vcenters and primary and secondary NSX managers - how does the controller failover work?  I cannot seem to deploy controllers in my secondary site?

    Thanks!



  • 2.  RE: Basic NSX Question in Dual Site Setup

    Posted May 04, 2016 08:39 AM

    Hello Nik,

    On a recent NSX Course we asked the same thing about the new multi-site/universal configuration.

    Here's the thing. There are only one set of controllers for both sites and when one site fails you have to manually deploy the new controllers after making your secondary the primary!

    You could use VRA/VRO for that but personally I think it should be part of NSX, perhaps it's VMware strategy to make you use their Orchestration and Automation suites?



  • 3.  RE: Basic NSX Question in Dual Site Setup

    Posted May 04, 2016 08:41 AM

    There is a great diagram here to show the "Universal Controller Cluster"

    Cross-VC NSX for Multi-site Solutions - The Network Virtualization Blog

    Happy bedtime reading



  • 4.  RE: Basic NSX Question in Dual Site Setup

    Posted May 04, 2016 12:23 PM

    Thank goodness for that... I was worried we had no DR!!!

    here's a virtual kudos point for you :smileyhappy: NealeC‌



  • 5.  RE: Basic NSX Question in Dual Site Setup

    Posted May 04, 2016 03:16 PM

    Neale is correct,

    the process is

    Step 1. From the Recovery site, disconnect the Secondary NSX Manager from the

    primary NSX manager
    Step2. Make the Secondary NSX Manager role Primary

    Step 3. Re-deploy the controller cluster on the Recovery site from the newly promoted NSX Manager

    Step 4. Sync Controller State
    Step 5. If Local Egress is used, Universal Control VM already exists, otherwise Universal Control VM needs to be redeployed


    The only place it's listed in any documentation is on page 26 of 'Disaster recovery with NSX and SRM'