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![Get System Updates](./media/hybrid-cloud-extension-installation/administration-updates.png)
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1. Select an OVF template to deploy to on-premises vCenter.
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![Select OVF template](./media/hybrid-cloud-extension-installation/select-template.png)
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1. Select a name and location, then select a resource/cluster where HCX needs to be deployed. Then, review details and required resources.
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![Review template details](./media/hybrid-cloud-extension-installation/configure-template.png)
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1. Review license terms, and if you agree, select required storage and network. Then select **Next**.
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1. In **Customize template**, enter all required information.
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![Customize template](./media/hybrid-cloud-extension-installation/customize-template.png)
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1. Select **Next**, verify configuration, and select **Finish** to deploy HCX
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1. In **Licensing**, enter your **HCX Advanced Key**.
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![Enter HCX key](./media/hybrid-cloud-extension-installation/hcx-key.png)
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> [!NOTE]
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> HCX Manager must have open internet access or a proxy
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configured.
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> configured.
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1. Configure vCenter.
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1. Configure vCenter
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![Configure VCenter](./media/hybrid-cloud-extension-installation/configure-vcenter.png)
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1. In **Datacenter Location**, if needed, edit the datacenter location
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1. In **Datacenter Location**, if needed, edit the datacenter location.
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![Database location](./media/hybrid-cloud-extension-installation/system-location.png)
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## Configure HCX
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1. Sign into on-premises vCenter, then select **Home** > **HCX**
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1. Sign into on-premises vCenter, then select **Home** > **HCX**.
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![HCX in VCenter](./media/hybrid-cloud-extension-installation/hcx-vcenter.png)
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1. Select **Infrastructure** > **Site Pairing** > **Add a site pairing**
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1. Select **Infrastructure** > **Site Pairing** > **Add a site pairing**.
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![Add site pairing](./media/hybrid-cloud-extension-installation/site-pairing.png)
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1. Enter **Remote HCX URL**, **Username**, and **Password**. Then select **Connect**.
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The system shows the connected site
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The system shows the connected site.
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![Site connection](./media/hybrid-cloud-extension-installation/site-connection.png)
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1. Select **Interconnect** > **Multi-Site Service Mesh** > **Network Profiles** > **Create Network Profile**
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1. Select **Interconnect** > **Multi-Site Service Mesh** > **Network Profiles** > **Create Network Profile**.
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![Create network profile](./media/hybrid-cloud-extension-installation/create-network-profile.png)
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1. Enter HCX IX and NE IP address ranges (a minimum of 2 IP addresses is
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required for IX and NE appliances)
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![Enter IP address ranges](./media/hybrid-cloud-extension-installation/enter-address-ranges.png)
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> [!NOTE]
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> The network extension appliance (HCX-NE) has a one-to-one
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relationship with a distributed virtual switch (DVS).
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required for IX and NE appliances).
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![Enter IP address ranges](./media/hybrid-cloud-extension-installation/enter-address-ranges.png)
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> [!NOTE]
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> The network extension appliance (HCX-NE) has a one-to-one
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> relationship with a distributed virtual switch (DVS).
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1. Now select **Compute profile** > **Create compute profile**.
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1. Enter a compute profile name and select **Continue**.
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![Create compute profile](./media/hybrid-cloud-extension-installation/create-compute-profile.png)
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1. Select services to enable such as migration, Network Extension, pr Disaster Recovery. Select **Continue**.
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![Select services](./media/hybrid-cloud-extension-installation/select-services.png)
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1. In **Select Service Resources**, select one or more service resources for
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![Select service resources](./media/hybrid-cloud-extension-installation/select-service-resources.png)
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> [!NOTE]
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![Select service resources](./media/hybrid-cloud-extension-installation/select-service-resources.png)
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Select each compute and storage resource for deploying the HCX
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Interconnect appliances. When multiple resources are selected, HCX uses the first resource selected until its capacity is
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![Select deployment resources](./media/hybrid-cloud-extension-installation/deployment-resources.png)
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![Select management network profile](./media/hybrid-cloud-extension-installation/management-network-profile.png)
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1. Select **Network Uplink** and select **Continue**
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1. Select **Network Uplink** and select **Continue**.
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Select one or more network profiles such that one of the following
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![Select Uplink Network profile](./media/hybrid-cloud-extension-installation/uplink-network-profile.png)
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1. Select **vSphere Replication Network Profile** and select **Continue**.
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![Select vSphere Replication Network profile](./media/hybrid-cloud-extension-installation/vsphere-replication-network-profile.png)
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![Select Distributed Virtual Switches](./media/hybrid-cloud-extension-installation/distributed-switches.png)
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![Create network profile for uplink](./media/hybrid-cloud-extension-installation/network-profile-uplink.png)
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![Configure network profile for uplink](./media/hybrid-cloud-extension-installation/configure-uplink-profile.png)
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![Configure network profile for uplink](./media/hybrid-cloud-extension-installation/configure-uplink-profile.png)
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![Configure service mesh](./media/hybrid-cloud-extension-installation/configure-service-mesh.png)
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![Select HCX services](./media/hybrid-cloud-extension-installation/hcx-services.png)
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![Network extension scale out](./media/hybrid-cloud-extension-installation/network-extension-scale-out.png)
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![Configure appliance count](./media/hybrid-cloud-extension-installation/appliance-scale.png)
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![Configure traffic engineering](./media/hybrid-cloud-extension-installation/traffic-engineering.png)
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migrate and protect AVS VMs using HCX. See [VMware HCX documentation](https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-HCX/index.html) and [Migrating Virtual Machines with VMware HCX](https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-HCX/services/user-guide/GUID-D0CD0CC6-3802-42C9-9718-6DA5FEC246C6.html?hWord=N4IghgNiBcIBIGEAaACAtgSwOYCcwBcMB7AOxAF8g) in the VMWare technical documentation.

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