This step imports the configuration of the NSX-V environment.

You can migrate an NSX-V cross-vCenter environment to an NSX Federation environment in NSX. If you are migrating a cross-vCenter environment to NSX Federation, you must log in to the Global Manager to start the migration.

Procedure

  1. From a browser, log in to NSX Manager or Global Manager as admin.
    Log in to Global Manager only if you are migrating a cross-vCenter environment to NSX Federation
  2. Navigate to System > Migrate.
  3. In the NSX for vSphere pane, click Get Started and select User Defined Topology.
  4. Select a migration mode and click Next..
    The options are:
    • Complete migration - Configurations, edges, hosts and workloads are migrated. The migration happens in-place with no need for additional hosts. This mode will migrate the NSX-V Load Balancer configuration to NSX Load Balancer.
    • Configuration migration - Only configurations are migrated. Workload VMs are not migrated.
    • Configuration and Edgemigration - This will migrate configurations, bridge the NSX-V logical switches to their corresponding NSX segments, and migrate Edge nodes for north-south traffic cutover.
  5. Under Authentication, provide the required credentials.
    • If you are not migrating a cross-vCenter environment, provide the credentials for vCenter Server and NSX-V.
    • If you are migrating a cross-vCenter environment to NSX Federation, provide the credentials for the primary NSX-V and the NSX Global Manager. The list of NSX-V sites will then be listed. For each NSX-V site, provide the NSX-V credentials, select an NSX location, the vCenter Server for that location, and the credentials for that vCenter Server. Click Check Status to validate the information you provided.
  6. Click Start to start the import.
  7. In the confirmation dialog, click Import and wait for the process to complete.
    Screenshot of the import configuration screen
  8. If the status is Successful, click Continue to go to the next step.
  9. If the status is Failed, the details of the failure are displayed. Click Rollback to resolve the issues.

Results

If the NSX-V topology is imported successfully, you can click the View Imported Topology link to view the imported topology. However, the topology viewer might not work properly for a large-scale NSX-V environment.