Swap the Egress Points in a Data Center Group with NSX Data Center for vSphere Network Provider Type and a Common Egress Configuration in the VMware Cloud Director Tenant Portal

After you configure an active and stand-by egress points in a data center group with a common egress configuration, you can swap the roles of the egress points. The active egress point can become a stand-by egress point and the reverse.

Prerequisites

Verify that you are logged in as a System Administrator or a role with the VDC Group: Configure VDC Group right published to the organization.

Procedure

1. From the primary left navigation panel, select Networking, and from the page top navigation bar, select the Data Center Groups tab.
   The list of data center groups appears.
2. Click the target data center group.
   The Network Topology view for this data center group opens. The diagram of the current network topology displays the participating VDCs with their network fault domains, the egress points, if configured, and the traffic routes.
3. Click Swap egress points.
4. To confirm, click OK.

Results

The diagram of the network topology is updated with the new traffic routes. The traffic to the Internet is now redirected to the new active egress point.