VMware NSX Migration for VMware Cloud Director 1.4.2 is now GA

We’re thrilled to announce the discharge of the VMware NSX Migration device for VMware Cloud Director 1.4.2!

In case you are unaware of the VMware NSX Migration for VMware Cloud Director Instrument, it will possibly provide help to migrate your setting from NSX for vSphere to NSX T Knowledge Heart in case you are at present working VMware Cloud Director. To make use of this device, you have to download and configure it externally, after which it would start and full the migration with minimal downtime mechanically.

By now, you’re possible conscious that the NSX for vSphere product is no longer supported, having handed its Technical Steering section again in February 2021. Regardless of this, we perceive that a lot of you could have grown hooked up to the product and are hesitant to change to NSX-T datacenter, even virtually two years later.

Why ought to a Cloud Supplier Migrate to NSX-T Datacenter?

It’s necessary to notice that there are further advantages that you should have after finishing the migration.

• At first, cloud suppliers is not going to obtain any help in resolving points together with your NSX for vSphere setting whether it is experiencing issues.
• NSX for vSphere is outdated and doesn’t assist any newer options it’s possible you’ll need to use and supply to your prospects.
• And most significantly, you might be already dropping on so many new options which are solely doable to make use of with NSX-T datacenter.

To study extra, learn the “Why should a Cloud Provider Migrate to NSX-T Datacenter?” weblog.

So, do you are feeling any higher after realizing what you had been lacking and thought didn’t exist?

I do know what’s in your thoughts now…!

How are you going to migrate your VMware Cloud Director setting, backed by NSX for vSphere, to NSX-T Datacenter?

Effectively, the reply is VMware NSX Migration for VMware Cloud Director Instrument. Simply be aware that utilizing the most recent model, v1.4.2, will facilitate many new options, which can have been a roadblock within the earlier variations.

So what all New Options are Launched on this Launch?

On high of all of the options we supported within the earlier releases, these are the options we’ll begin supporting from v1.4.2 onwards within the migration device:

Assist for IP Areas

IP Areas in networking are logical partitions of IP handle ranges inside a community infrastructure, enabling environment friendly administration, group, and allocation of IP addresses. They improve management, safety, and efficiency by isolating and segmenting community visitors. IP Areas decrease IP conflicts, optimize handle allocation, and simplify community administration in advanced environments, guaranteeing efficient utilization of IP sources.

The present system lacks assist for using IP House enabled Supplier Gateways throughout migration. To handle this limitation, assist has been added to allow using IP House enabled Supplier Gateways for migration. This enhancement permits for a extra seamless and environment friendly migration course of by leveraging the capabilities of IP House enabled Supplier Gateways.

Assist for Exclusion/Negated Distributed Firewall Guidelines

Assist has been launched for the migration of distributed firewall guidelines which are negated on the supply/vacation spot area. This enhancement ensures that the migration course of encompasses all varieties of distributed firewall guidelines, enabling a complete and seamless migration expertise.

Assist for A number of Ports in Distributed Firewall Guidelines Service

We now have launched an replace that comes with assist for the migration of distributed firewall guidelines containing a number of ports specified as a spread or separated by a comma. This enhancement ensures a smoother and extra complete migration course of for such guidelines, enabling seamless transition and higher administration of firewall configurations throughout the migration journey.

Assist for Migration of VMs with out NICs

The discharge incorporates a brand new function that facilitates the graceful migration of digital machines (VMs) even when they don’t possess community interface playing cards (NICs). This enhancement ensures that VMs with out NICs may be seamlessly transferred between totally different environments.

Assist for SSL Passthrough in LB Utility Profile

Assist has been applied for the migration of LB configurations with SSL Passthrough enabled within the utility profile. With this enhancement, throughout the migration course of, if SSL Passthrough is enabled, the HTTPS protocol can be transformed to the TCP protocol, and the HTTPS Well being Monitor can be modified to a TCP Well being Monitor on the goal aspect. This ensures a easy and constant migration of LB configurations with SSL Passthrough enabled, sustaining the integrity of the appliance profile settings.

Which all Current Options are Enhanced?

Direct Community Migration Mechanism

All varieties of Direct Org VDC networks (devoted/service) which are linked to a VXLAN-backed exterior community will endure migration. In the course of the migration course of, these networks can be linked to an current exterior community with the identical identify however suffixed with ‘-v2t’, which can be backed by an NSX-T section.

Detailed V2T Evaluation Report

An additional column referred to as ‘OrgVdcToBeMigratedTogether‘ has been added to the detailed evaluation report. This column will present clear details about which Org VDCs should be migrated collectively because of shared community constraints. Moreover, the migration device has been enhanced to carry out a test and verification course of, guaranteeing that the restrict of 16 Org VDCs is adhered to when using the info middle creation mechanism for migration. These enhancements enhance the accuracy and compliance of the migration course of, permitting for smoother and extra dependable migration of Org VDCs with shared community dependencies.

Catalog Migration

YAML flag TimeoutForVappMigration: The utilization of the YAML flag TimeoutForVappMigration has been improved. Beforehand, this flag allowed customization of the timeout for vApp migration. Now, with the enhancement, it additionally impacts the catalog migration timeout throughout the cleanup course of. This offers extra flexibility and management over the migration course of by permitting a single flag to affect each vApp and catalog migration timeouts.

vApp template migration enhanced: In the course of the catalog migration within the cleanup course of if the storage coverage of the vApp template shouldn’t be discovered within the goal Org VDC, the migration device will mechanically replace the storage coverage of the vApp template to the default storage coverage of the goal NSX-T backed Org VDC. This ensures that the vApp template aligns with the storage insurance policies within the goal setting, sustaining consistency and compatibility all through the migration course of.

Assist for proprietor information and share permission information of catalog: Assist has been launched for the migration of proprietor data and share permissions data of catalogs. This enhancement ensures that throughout the cleanup course of, proprietor particulars and share permissions of catalogs are precisely migrated, preserving the possession and entry rights for the migrated catalogs.

The place can I discover the Steps and a Information?

A step-by-step information may be discovered here, which is simple to grasp and documented very nicely.

Are there any Sources to confer with?

To spice up your confidence, we invite you to talk with us and listen to concerning the quite a few success tales of our companions who’ve efficiently migrated from NSX-V to NSX-T. These companions have achieved higher outcomes and quickly monetizing their companies by leveraging the superior options of NSX-T.

As all the time, you might be inspired to proceed offering suggestions to assist us determine how the device ought to evolve. We’d love to listen to about your expertise and options within the feedback part beneath or within the #vcd-v2t-assist channel on the VMware Cloud Supplier Slack workspace or by way of your VMware consultant.