Removing Dvs

[vjsb22]

HI All -

I was wondering if anyone has any experience removing Dvs and configuring Standard Switches with minimal downtime.

I was thinking to do it in this order to hopefully be seamless....

1.  Add the standard switches and configure the port groups. (script).

2.  Remove Dvs.

Thank you in advance,

[rcporto]

If you have more than one vmnic you can do this migration without downtime, here is the high level steps:

1) remove one vmnic from vDS;

2) create a new vSS using the vmnic you removed from the vDS;

3) create the appropriate port groups on the vSS;

4) migrate the virtual machine network from vDS to vSS; (this can be done online)

5) migrate any VMkernel interface from vDS to vSS; (this can be done online)

6) remove any vmnic from vDS and add them to the vSS;

7) remove the host from vDS;

😎 delete the vDS.

[rcporto]

Hi vjsb22‌

Did you have a chance to follow the steps I referenced in my previous post? Do you have any additional doubt? If not, remember to mark answers as helpful or correct.

[vjsb22]

Yes this was perfect! My project was a smooth transition.  Thanks!