Move physical adapters to DVS

[mcvosi]

I initially setup my vCenter to host connectivity using vSwitches. I now want to move those adapters to the DVS where my other adapters are already. Will I lose connectivity to a host when I remove the adapter from the vSwitch to move it to the DVS? When I added the hosts to vCenter originally I did it by FQDN, not IP address, but was not sure if it would matter or not. Is it simply just adding the host back in to vCenter if connectivity drops?

Thanks.

[sbeaver]

Once to create the DVS there is a migration tools to move the vSwtich to the DVS otherwise remove 1 of 2 adapters from the vswitch and connect to the DVS and move what you need. Check out the migration tool

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[mcvosi]

All my VMs have already been moved. I'm concerned about the connectivity to vCenter being lost when I move the one adapter (first physical NIC) from the vSwitch to be moved over to the DVS.

[lwatta · Accepted solution]

As longas the destination port-group for the Service Console is configured correctly it will work. The host will drop network for a few seconds and then come up on the port-group of the VDS. Just make sure your port-group for the SC on the VDS is setup correctly and it will work.

louis

[mcvosi]

Got it.

Thanks.