Make sure you have Security Administrator or Enterprise Administrator access to NSX. To deploy partner services, the following prerequisites need to be satisfied:
- A third-party management component must be deployed. Check the vendor's documentation.
- Third-party service VM OVA must be downloaded or prepared.
- vSphere cluster must be prepared for NSX. Network or Guest Introspection services are deployed on a vSphere cluster basis.
- Data stores, PortGroups, and IP addresses should be allocated for the partner service VM.
- Partner service VMs will be deployed in each host and will use a shared data store and dvPortGroup. To deploy them in non-shared data store and standard vSwitch network, use the agent VM settings as described in ...
