Moving VM's with 2 vNIC's from a dvSwitch to a vSwitch?

[MrJohnson]

Hello,

I have a task to move VM's that have more than 1 vNIC connected to a dvSwitch to a vSwitch without any downtime.  If the VM has only one vNIC I can do the migration option from the dvSwitch.  Works like a champ.  My problem is most of my VM's have 2 or 3 vNIC's attached.  I've looked for a script that will help me select a VM and migrate it's vNIC's but came up short. PLEASE HELP as I am new to scripting and go easy on me!

Example:

dvSwitch-Test

testVM

     vmnic0

     vmnic1

Migrate to:

vSwitch0

testVM

     vmnic0

     vmnic1

[LucD]

Are these NICs teamed inside the guest OS ?

Or are these 2 separate LAN connections ?

Can the VM run temporarily on 1 NIC ?

[MrJohnson]

They are not team within the OS but they are on different vLAN's.  They can if the vLAN's are available to the single NIC.

Thank you for replaying.

[LucD]

Did you already try with the Set-NetworkAdapter cmdlet.

You should be able to:

• Add VLAN2 to the 1st portgroup where NIC1 is connected (provided your LAN team allows and configures that)
• Use Set-NetworkAdapter to move NIC2 from dvPortgroup2 to Portgroup2
• Remove VLAN2 from portgroup1

And then repeat this for NIC1.

You can/should check connectivity after important changes (i.e. VLAN remaping, portgroup change...).

I would use the Get-VMGuestNetworkInterface for this.

[MrJohnson]

I've been trying to complete this with the script from Gabes web site.  I'm guessing you are the same LucD in his scripts?  I'm stuck on the second part "Move-VM-to-vSwitch". 

I'm very new to scripting so I will give the Set-NetworkAdapter a try.  I have a few 100 VM's that I need to move from one vCenter to another. 

Again thank you for the help.

[LucD]

Let me know how far you get with Gabe's script.

If you're stuck don't hesitate to ask here.

Yes, I'm the same LucD :smileygrin: