How to move Management Network from NSX vDS to Standard Switch

[saurabhheda]

Hello Everyone,

I am trying to move VM Network and Management Network from NSX VDS to vSwitch. Problem is i only have one vmnic or uplinkwhich is connected to NSX VDS as of now.

Can i simply remove this uplink from VDS and attach it to vSwitch?

esxcfg-vswitch -Q vmnic -V dvPort_ID_of_vmnic dvSwitch

esxcli network vswitch standard uplink add --uplink-name=vmnic --vswitch-name=vSwitch

Or is there any better way to achieve the above task? I am using ESXi 6.0 & vCenter Server 6.5

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Saurabh

[ujjwal2018]

Hello ,

Yes, you can remove the Uplink from the distributed switch and add on the standard switch using the commands shared by you. However you will face downtime while moving the Uplink from the Distributed switch to the Standard switch . You will also have to remove and re-create the management network via CLI after moving the Uplink from distributed switch to standard switch . You can refer the KB - VMware Knowledge Base  .

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Regards,

UJ

[saurabhheda]

Thanks Mate.

I will try and will let you know.

Thanks,

Saurabh