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.
NSX Data Center for vSphere Feature | Supported for Migration | Details and Limitations |
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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:
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