topic Re: HCX Migration from VMC to On Prem with L2 Extension in HCX Discussions

HCX Migration from VMC to On Prem with L2 Extension

saransh — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 14:07:55 GMT

Hi All,

I am looking to migrate from VMC to On Prem Datacenter(Vsphere) using HCX.

Can we do L2 Extension while migration from VMC SDDC to On Prem DC?

ChrisFD2 — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 13:57:30 GMT

There is no requirement to have NSX at source. For HCX Network Extension you do require a vSphere Distributed Switch.

saransh — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 14:06:32 GMT

Hey Chris,

Thanks for the update.

Today we just got the confirmation that we would be installing NSX T at the on prem side and we are migrating workloads from VMC to On Prem DC.

So basically we have the following scenario:

Source - VMware cloud on AWS SDDC

Destination - On Prem DC(Vsphere)

The question is with the help of HCX can we do L2 extension from VMC(Source) to On Prem DC(Destination).

ChrisFD2 — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 17:38:02 GMT

Sorry, I misread the OP.

Yes, you can migrate from VMC to on-prem, including extending networks. Be aware, you will face egress charges.

muralipatil — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 13:20:22 GMT

Yes , we can achieve this with both side HCX deployments..

muralipatil — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 13:21:57 GMT

Always recommended to unstrech the network extension after migrating the vm.