Custom traffic redirection for server move

[ESCjkoch]

Currently server "A" named windows001.example.com is serving web traffic via IIS (ports 80/443) and CIFS (\\windows001)

I'd like to move the web traffic from IIS to Apache on Linux, but I can't change the name of either, so I'm looking to see if redirection is possible.

Current state:

windows001:80 --> IIS on windows001

windows001:443 --> IIS on windows001

windows001:CIFS --> Windows file server services on windows001

Desired state:

windows001:80 --> LinuxVM:80 (intercepted and redirect to another VM)

windows001:443 --> LinuxVM:443 (intercepted and redirect to another VM)

windows001:CIFS --> Windows file server services on windows001

[grosas]

Hi ESCjkoch​

Just to clarify - are you asking how to redirect traffic that currently leverages NSX Load Balancing in some way? or specifically asking for a Windows services based methodology for redirecting?  This may not be the correct forum for the later.

[ESCjkoch]

More like, if traffic reaches vNIC on a specific port, redirect it to another VM, similar to what is done for redirecting traffic to partner solutions for inspection purposes.

[Sreec]

Did you tried DVS port mirroring feature ? vSphere 5 New Networking Features - Port Mirroring - VMware vSphere Blog 

It is not a true redirection method,however it copies the packet and send to right destination which you have mirrored

Port mirroring provides visibility into

• Intrahost virtual machine traffic (virtual machine–to–virtual machine traffic on the same host)

• Interhost virtual machine traffic (virtual machine–to–virtual machine traffic on different hosts)