NSX Migration Guide
NSX Migration Guide
Migration Modes
Migrating Identity Firewall (End-to-End and Lift-and-Shift)
Preparing the NSX-V and NSX Environments for a User-Defined Topology Migration
Migrating a Fixed Topology
Overview - Migrating a Fixed Topology
System Requirements
Summary of Features Supported for Migration
Detailed Feature Support for Migration
Limits Supported for Migration
Fixed Topologies Supported for End-to-End Migration
Changes Made During Host Migration in an End-to-End Migration
Virtual Machine Deployment During an End-to-End Migration
Order of Migrated Network Introspection Rules in NSX
Preparing the NSX-V Environment for a Fixed Topology Migration
Check the Configurations of the NSX-V Environment
Configure Hosts Not Attached to vSphere Distributed Switches
Tag Management VMs in a Collapsed Cluster Environment
Delete Partner Service Deployments
Preparing the NSX Environment for a Fixed Topology Migration
Deploy an NSX Manager Appliance
Add a Compute Manager
Change the Global MTU Setting
Create an IP Pool for Edge Tunnel End Points
Deploy NSX Edge Nodes
Join NSX Edge Node VM with the Management Plane
Register Third-Party Guest Introspection Service with NSX
Register Third-Party Network Introspection Services with NSX
Import the NSX-V Configuration
Roll Back a Migration
Resolve Configuration Issues
Review Migration Information
Make Changes to the NSX-V Environment
Provide Input for Configuration Issues
Example Configuration Issues
Add Additional Uplinks on NSX Edge Nodes
Migrate the NSX-V Configuration
Migrate NSX-V Edges
Configuring NSX-V Host Migration
Adding or Removing a Host During Migration
Migrate NSX-V Hosts
Migrate Hosts with Network Introspection Service
Deploy a Partner Service for Endpoint Protection
Deploy a Partner Service for Network Introspection
Finish the Migration
Post-Migration Tasks
Finish Deploying the NSX Manager Cluster
Uninstalling NSX-V After Migration
Migrating a User-Defined Topology
Overview - Migrating a User-Defined Topology
System Requirements
Summary of Features Supported for Migration
Detailed Feature Support for Migration
Limits Supported for Migration
Changes Made During Host Migration in an End-to-End Migration
Virtual Machine Deployment During an End-to-End Migration
Order of Migrated Network Introspection Rules in NSX
Preparing for a User-Defined Topology Migration
Configuration and Edge Migration Workflow
Migrating a Cross-vCenter Environment to NSX Federation
Preparing the NSX-V Environment for a User-Defined Topology End-to-End Migration
Check the Configurations of the NSX-V Environment
Configure Hosts Not Attached to vSphere Distributed Switches
Tag Management VMs in a Collapsed Cluster Environment
Delete Partner Service Deployments
Preparing the NSX-V Environment for a User-Defined Topology Lift-and-Shift Migration
Configure Export Version of Distributed Firewall Filter
Preparing the NSX Environment for a User-Defined Topology Migration
Deploy an NSX Manager Appliance
Add a Compute Manager
Change the Global MTU Setting
Create an IP Pool for Edge Tunnel End Points
Plan the Mapping of the NSX-V Topology to the NSX Topology
Deploy NSX Edge Nodes
Join NSX Edge Node VM with the Management Plane
Configure NSX for a User-Defined Topology Migration
Preparing the NSX Environment for a User-Defined Topology End-to-End Migration
Register Third-Party Guest Introspection Service with NSX
Register Third-Party Network Introspection Services with NSX
Preparing the NSX Environment for a User-Defined Topology Configuration Migration
Import Configuration
Translate Configuration Layer 2
Resolve Configuration Layer 2
Migrate Configuration Layer 2
Check Realization Layer 2
Define a Topology
Translate Configuration Layer 3 and Above
Resolve Configuration Layer 3 and Above
Migrate Configuration Layer 3 and Above
Check Realization Layer 3 and Above
Migrate NSX-V Edges in End-to-End Migration
Migrating Hosts in End-to-End Migration
Select a Host Migration Plan
Adding or Removing a Host During Migration
Migrate Hosts with Guest Introspection Service
Migrate Hosts with Network Introspection Service
Finish the End-to-End Migration
Post-Migration Tasks in End-to-End Migration
Deploy a Partner Service for Endpoint Protection
Deploy a Partner Service for Network Introspection
Uninstalling NSX-V After Migration
Prepare Infrastructure
Migrate Edges
Migrate Workloads in Lift-and-Shift Migration
Switch the Default Gateway to NSX
Migrate Workload VMs (Simple Case)
Migrate Workload VMs (Complex Case)
Migrating Distributed Firewall Configuration
Overview - Migrating Distributed Firewall Configuration
System Requirements
Summary of Features Supported for Migration
Detailed Feature Support for Migration
Limits Supported for Migration
Order of Migrated Network Introspection Rules in NSX
Preparing for a DFW Configuration Migration
Configure Export Version of Distributed Firewall Filter
Tag Management VMs in a Collapsed Cluster Environment
Import the NSX-V Configuration
Resolve Configuration
Migrate the Distributed Firewall Configuration
Switch the Default Gateway to NSX
Migrate Workload VMs (Simple Case)
Create VM Groups for Workload Migration
Migrate Workload VMs (Complex Case)
In-Place Migration of Specific Parts of NSX-V
Overview - In-Place Migration of Specific Parts
System Requirements
Summary of Features Supported for Migration
Detailed Feature Support for Migration
Limits Supported for Migration
Changes Made During Host Migration in an End-to-End Migration
Virtual Machine Deployment During an End-to-End Migration
Order of Migrated Network Introspection Rules in NSX
Tag Management VMs in a Collapsed Cluster Environment
Migrating Distributed Firewall Configuration, Hosts, and Workloads
Import the NSX-V Configuration
Resolve Configuration
Migrate the Distributed Firewall Configuration
Prepare Infrastructure to Extend Layer 2 Before Host Migration
Migrate NSX-V Hosts
Migrating North-South Traffic to NSX Edges Using Edge Cutover
Overview of Input Configuration File
Import the NSX-V Configuration
Resolve Configuration
Migrate NSX-V Edges
Migrating vSphere Networking
Overview - Migrating vSphere Networking
System Requirements
Summary of Features Supported for Migration
Detailed Feature Support for Migration
Limits Supported for Migration
Order of Migrated Network Introspection Rules in NSX
Understanding the vSphere Networking Migration
Preparing to Migrate vSphere Networking
Add a Compute Manager
Tag Management VMs in a Collapsed Cluster
Migrate vSphere Networking to NSX
Import the vSphere Networking Configuration
Roll Back the vSphere Networking Migration
Resolve Issues with the vSphere Networking Configuration
Migrate vSphere Networking Configuration
Configuring vSphere Host Migration
Migrate vSphere Hosts
Finish Migration
Migrating NSX-V with Aria Automation - Fixed Topology
Overview - Migrating NSX-V with Aria Automation
System Requirements
Summary of Features Supported for Migration
Detailed Feature Support for Migration
Limits Supported for Migration
Changes Made During Host Migration in an End-to-End Migration
Virtual Machine Deployment During an End-to-End Migration
Order of Migrated Network Introspection Rules in NSX
Understanding the Migration of NSX-V with Aria Automation
Topologies Supported for Integration with Aria Automation
Deployment Configuration File
Output Mapping File
High-Level View of Migrating NSX-V with Aria Automation
Migration-Supported Operations in NSX-V for Aria Automation Resources
Preparing to Migrate NSX-V with Aria Automation
Import Configuration of NSX-V with Aria Automation
Roll Back the NSX-V with Aria Automation Migration
Resolve Configuration Issues
Review Migration Information
Make Changes to the Environment
Provide Inputs for Configuration Issues
Migrate Configuration of NSX-V with Aria Automation
Check Realized Configurations in NSX
Migrate NSX-V Edges
Migrate NSX-V Hosts
Post-Migration Tasks
Migrating NSX-V with Aria Automation - User-Defined Topology
Overview
System Requirements
Summary of Features Supported for Migration
Detailed Feature Support for Migration
Limits Supported for Migration
Changes Made During Host Migration in an End-to-End Migration
Virtual Machine Deployment During an End-to-End Migration
Order of Migrated Network Introspection Rules in NSX
Understanding the Migration of NSX-V with Aria Automation
Deployment Configuration File
Output Mapping File
High-Level View of Migrating NSX-V with Aria Automation
Migration-Supported Operations in NSX-V for Aria Automation Resources
Preparing for an NSX-V with Aria Automation User-Defined Topology Migration
Preparing the NSX-V Environment
Check the Configurations of the NSX-V Environment
Configure Hosts Not Attached to vSphere Distributed Switches
Tag Management VMs in a Collapsed Cluster Environment
Delete Partner Service Deployments
Preparing the NSX Environment
Deploy an NSX Manager Appliance
Add a Compute Manager
Change the Global MTU Setting
Create an IP Pool for Edge Tunnel End Points
Plan the Mapping of the NSX-V Topology to the NSX Topology
Deploy NSX Edge Nodes
Join NSX Edge Node VM with the Management Plane
Configure NSXfor a User-Defined Topology Migration
Register Third-Party Guest Introspection Service with NSX
Register Third-Party Network Introspection Services with NSX
Prepare the Aria Automation Environment
Import Configuration
Translate Configuration Layer 2
Resolve Configuration Layer 2
Migrate Configuration Layer 2
Check Realization Layer 2
Define a Topology
Translate Configuration Layer 3 and Above
Resolve Configuration Layer 3 and Above
Migrate Configuration Layer 3 and Above
Check Realization Layer 3 and Above
Migrate NSX-V Edges
Migrating Hosts
Select a Host Migration Plan
Adding or Removing a Host During Migration
Migrate Hosts with Guest Introspection Service
Migrate Hosts with Network Introspection Service
Finish the End-to-End Migration
Post-Migration Tasks
Deploy a Partner Service for Endpoint Protection
Deploy a Partner Service for Network Introspection
Uninstalling NSX-V After Migration
Migrating VMware Integrated Openstack
Overview - Migrating VMware Integrated Openstack
System Requirements
Summary of Features Supported for Migration
Detailed Feature Support for Migration
Limits Supported for Migration
Changes Made During Host Migration in an End-to-End Migration
Virtual Machine Deployment During an End-to-End Migration
Order of Migrated Network Introspection Rules in NSX
Migrating VMware Integrated OpenStack
Troubleshooting Migration Issues
Preparing Layer-2 Bridging for Lift-and-Shift Migration
Extending Layer 2 Networks with NSX Edge Bridge
Overview of Edge Bridging in NSX
Prepare the NSX Environment to Bridge Layer 2 Networks
Deploy a New NSX Environment
Create the NSX Topology
Change the MAC Address of NSX Virtual Distributed Router
Deploy NSX Edge Nodes for Bridging
Configure an NSX Edge Bridge as a Transport Node
Create an NSX Edge Cluster
Create an Edge Bridge Profile
Configure an Edge Bridge on an Overlay Segment
Configure the Logical Switch to Connect to the Edge Bridge
Bridging a Federated Segment for the Migration
Test the Connectivity Across the Layer 2 Bridge