Shutting down VIM VMware, vCloud NFV OpenStack components

Procedure
  1. Stop VIO Deployment. For the procedure, see Step 1 and 2 of How to start and stop a VIO deployment (2148892) in VMware Knowledge Base.
  2. Stop NSX-T Edge VMs.
    1. Login to Resource vCenter.

    2. Navigate to Hosts and Clusters.

    3. To Shut down the Edge VMs, right-click on the corresponding VM -> Power -> Shut Down Guest OS.

      NOTE:

      Repeat the same steps for shutting down other edge VMs.

  3. Stop NSX-T Controller VMs.
    1. Login to Management vCenter.

    2. Navigate to Hosts and Clusters.

    3. To Shut down the Controller VMs, right-click on the corresponding VM -> Power -> Shut Down Guest OS.

      NOTE:

      Repeat the same steps for shutting down other Controller VMs.

  4. Stop NSX-T Manager VM.
    1. Login to Management vCenter.

    2. Navigate to Hosts and Clusters.

    3. To Shutdown the NSX-T Manager VM, right-click on the corresponding VM -> Power -> Shut Down Guest OS.

  5. Shut down vSAN 6.x Cluster when Resource vCenter server is running on top of vSAN.
    1. Login to the ESXi Management server.

    2. Run the following command to check the health of vSAN cluster:
      # esxcli vsan debug object health summary get
    3. Login to Management vCenter.

    4. Navigate to Hosts and Clusters.

    5. Right-click on the Resource vCenter Witness VM -> Power -> Shut Down Guest OS.

    6. Right click on the Resource vCenter Passive VM -> Power -> Shut Down Guest OS.

    7. Run the following command on the ESXi management server to get the resync summary:
      # esxcli vsan debug resync summary get
    8. Login to the Management vCenter.

    9. Navigate to Hosts and Clusters and click on the active Resource vCenter VM -> Summary to get the host details. Make a note of the host on which the Resource vCenter is running.

    10. To shut down the active Resource vCenter VM, right-click on the Resource vCenter VM -> Power -> Shut Down Guest OS

    11. Login to all the resource ESXi PODs servers and run the following command to set the maintenance mode to "Enabled":
      # esxcli system maintenanceMode set -e true -m noAction
    12. Run the following command on all the resource ESXi servers to verify the maintenance mode is set to "Enabled":
      # esxcli system maintenanceMode get 
    13. Shut down all the resource ESXi servers using the following command:
      # esxcli system shutdown poweroff -r shutdown

    For more information, see Shutting down the vSAN 6.x cluster section in Shutting down and powering on a vSAN 6.x Cluster when vCenter Server is running on top of vSAN (2142676) available in VMware Knowledge Base.

  6. Stop vRealize Network insight proxy VM.
    1. Login to Management vCenter.

    2. Navigate to Hosts and Clusters.

    3. To Shut down vRealize Network Insight, right-click on the corresponding VM -> Power -> Shut Down Guest OS.

  7. Stop vRealize Network insight platform VM.
    1. Login to Management vCenter.

    2. Navigate to Hosts and Clusters.

    3. To Shut down vRealize Network Insight platform, right-click on the corresponding VM -> Power -> Shut Down Guest OS.

  8. Stop vRealize log insight worker VMs.
    1. Login to Management vCenter.

    2. Navigate to Hosts and Clusters.

    3. To Shut down vRealize log insight worker VM, right-click on the corresponding VM -> Power -> Shut Down Guest OS.

  9. Stop vRealize log insight Master VM.
    1. Login to Management vCenter.

    2. Navigate to Hosts and Clusters.

    3. To Shut down vRealize log insight Master VM, right-click on the corresponding VM -> Power -> Shut Down Guest OS.

  10. Stop vRealize Operations Manager cluster.
    1. Login to Operations Manager master GUI.
    2. Navigate to Management section and select Cluster Management.
    3. Perform the steps mentioned in Taking Nodes Offline section in Shutdown and Startup sequence for a vRealize Operations Manager cluster (59207) in VMware Knowledge Base.
  11. Stop vRealize Operations Manager VM.
    1. Login to Management vCenter.

    2. Navigate to Hosts and Clusters.

    3. To shut down vRealize Operations Data VM, right-click on the corresponding VM -> Power -> Shut Down Guest OS.

    4. To Shutdown vRealize Operations Replica VM, right-click on the corresponding VM -> Power -> Shut Down Guest OS.

    5. To Shutdown vRealize Operations Master VM, right-click on the corresponding VM -> Power -> Shut Down Guest OS.

  12. Stop vRealize Orchestrator Replica VM.
    1. Login to Management vCenter.

    2. Navigate to Hosts and Clusters.

    3. To shut down vRealize Orchestrator Replica VM, right-click on the corresponding VM -> Power -> Shut Down Guest OS.

  13. Stop vRealize Orchestrator Master VM.
    1. Login to Management vCenter.

    2. Navigate to Hosts and Clusters.

    3. To shut down vRealize Orchestrator Master VM, right-click on the corresponding VM -> Power -> Shut Down Guest OS.

  14. Shutting down the Management vCenter vSAN cluster.
    1. Login to the ESXi management server.
    2. Run the following command to check the health of vSAN cluster:
      # esxcli vsan debug object health summary get
    3. Login to Management vCenter.
    4. Navigate to Hosts and Clusters.
    5. Right-click on the Management vCenter Witness VM -> Power -> Shut Down Guest OS.
    6. Run the following command on the ESXi server to get the resync summary:
      # esxcli vsan debug resync summary get
    7. Login to the Management vCenter.
    8. Navigate to Hosts and Clusters, click on the active Management vCenter VM and Passive Management vCenter VM -> Summary to get the host details. Make a note of the host on which the active and passive Management vCenter VMs are running.
    9. Login to the ESXi server GUI where the passive and active VMs are running, and power off the VMs.
    10. Login to all the Management ESXi servers and run the following command to set the maintenance mode to "Enabled":
      # esxcli system maintenanceMode set -e true -m noAction
    11. Run the following command on all the management ESXi servers to verify the maintenance mode is set to "Enabled":
      # esxcli system maintenanceMode get
    12. Shut down all the management ESXi servers using the following command:
      # esxcli system shutdown poweroff -r shutdown

    For more information, see Shutting down the vSAN 6.x cluster section in Shutting down and powering on a vSAN 6.x Cluster when vCenter Server is running on top of vSAN (2142676) available in VMware Knowledge Base.