After upgrading vSphere to 6.0 and n1000v to 5.2(1)SV3(2.1) we cannot add new 6.0 hosts to the n1000v. They just do not show up in the list of hosts available to be added.
The issue seems very similar to the one described in KB article 2039046,. It says that it is applicable to vCenter 5.1, but then it mentions adding entries for ESX 6.0 hosts. Also, I believe those instructions are not quite correct as they seem to hardcode the dvs ID to 128.
The original issue is also discussed in this old thread from the 5.1 days:
Help with Nexus 1000v no new hosts show up
My questions are:
Cheers,
Milos
Just in case someone else runs into this, here is what happened:
We resolved this as per VMware instructions (after pointing them in the right direction) by adding the following entries in the database:
After this the hosts with 6.0 showed up in the 'add host' dialogue for the n1000v.
Cheers,
Milos
Just in case someone else runs into this, here is what happened:
We resolved this as per VMware instructions (after pointing them in the right direction) by adding the following entries in the database:
After this the hosts with 6.0 showed up in the 'add host' dialogue for the n1000v.
Cheers,
Milos