Going to post this here and in the NSX section.
I have an existing vRA 7 deployment with a management and compute cluster. We have blueprints that use an external network profile (specifying a portgroup on a vDS), and have machines deployed and in use from these blueprints. We want to add NSX into the mix. I have performed a NSX deployment in the past but it was done before vRA was configured.
My question is can I deploy NSX and add the compute cluster without impacting the existing vRA deployed VMs (aside from ESXi reboots during the preparation phase)?
A little bit of context behind the use of NSX. We want to create "isolated" blueprints (not attached to the existing "wire") for R&D type stuff. We also want to use it for clientless AV/Malware scanning/protection.
I may be answering my question but if I create a new vDS specifically for NSX, wouldn't that be enough to configure/prepare the compute cluster for NSX? To add, I would also do all the configuration to integrate NSX with vRA, etc. With this logic, could I not be able to continue to deploy my existing blueprints using my existing network profile in parallel with new blueprints that leverage NSX logical switches on a predefined logical router to create my "isolated" VMs?