To migrate the Distributed Firewall (DFW) configuration, hosts, and workloads from NSX-v to NSX-T Data Center, you must provide details of your NSX-v environment.

The migration coordinator service runs on one NSX-T NSX Manager node.

Prerequisites

  • The vCenter Server must be added as a compute manager in NSX-T.

    You can share the vCenter Server that is used in NSX-v or deploy another one in NSX-T.

  • Using SSH, log in as admin to the NSX Manager VM and start the migration coordinator service.
    NSX-Manager1> start service migration-coordinator

Procedure

  1. From a browser, log in to the NSX Manager node on which you started the migration coordinator service. Log in as admin.
  2. Navigate to System > Migrate.
  3. Expand the Advanced Migration Modes section, and in the Distributed Firewall, Host, and Workload pane, click Get Started.
  4. From the Import Configuration page, click Select NSX and provide the credentials for vCenter Server and NSX-v.
    Note: The drop-down menu for vCenter Server displays all vCenter Server systems that are registered as compute managers. Click Add New if you need to add a compute manager.
  5. Click Start to import the configuration.
  6. When the import has finished, click Continue to proceed to the Resolve Configuration page.

Results

When the NSX-v topology is imported successfully, the View Imported Topology link is enabled. Click this link to view a graph of the imported topology. However, the topology viewer does not display the graph of a large scale NSX-v environment. This behavior is a known issue. For example, if your environment contains a large number of hosts, say 250 hosts, the topology viewer does not work.