A subset of NSX Data Center for vSphere features is supported by migration coordinator.

Most features have some limitations. If you import your NSX Data Center for vSphere configuration to migration coordinator, you get detailed feedback about what features and configurations in your environment are supported or not supported.

See Detailed Feature Support for Migration Coordinator for detailed information about what is supported by migration coordinator.

Table 1. Support Matrix for Migration Coordinator
NSX Data Center for vSphere Feature Supported for Migration Details and Limitations
VLAN-backed logical switches Yes
Overlay-backed logical switches Yes
L2 Bridges No
Transport Zones Yes
Routing Yes See Topologies Supported by Migration Coordinator for details.
East-West Micro-Segmentation Yes
Edge Firewall Yes
NAT Yes
L2 VPN Yes
L3 VPN Yes
Load Balancer Yes
DHCP and DNS Yes
Distributed Firewall Yes
Service Composer Yes
Grouping objects Yes Limitations include number of items, and dynamic expressions making up security groups.
Guest Introspection Yes

Only Guest Introspection service configuration is migrated.

Partner service registration, partner service VMs, and vendor templates are not migrated. Before migration, the partner service must be registered with NSX-T Data Center to create the respective service and vendor templates in NSX-T.

Consult the VMware partner before proceeding with migration.

Network Introspection Yes

Only Network Introspection service configuration is migrated.

Partner service registration, partner service VMs, and vendor templates are not migrated. Before migration, the partner service, vendor templates, and Partner Management Console/Partner Service Manager must be registered with NSX-T Data Center.

Consult the VMware partner before proceeding with migration.

Cross-vCenter NSX

Yes (starting in NSX-T 3.1.1, but with no secondary NSX Managers)

No (NSX-T 3.1 or earlier)

Starting in NSX-T 3.1.1, migration of a single site NSX for vSphere deployment that contains an NSX Manager in primary mode, no secondary NSX Managers, and with universal objects on the primary site, is supported. Such a single site NSX for vSphere deployment is migrated to a single site NSX-T environment (non-federated) with local objects.

NSX Data Center for vSphere with a Cloud Management Platform, Integrated Stack Solution, or PaaS Solution. Yes

Migration of NSX for vSphere with vRealize Automation is supported if the integrated environment is configured in a supported topology.

See Topologies Supported for Integration with vRealize Automation for details.

Contact your VMware representative before proceeding with migration. Scripts and integrations might break if you migrate the integrated environments:

For example:
  • NSX for vSphere and VMware Integrated Openstack

  • NSX for vSphere and vCloud Director

  • NSX for vSphere with Integrated Stack Solution

  • NSX for vSphere with PaaS Solution such as Pivotal Cloud Foundry, RedHat OpenShift

  • NSX for vSphere with vRealize Operations workflows