VMkernel creation with TCP/IP stack

[FredericSOSSON]

Hello,

I am trying to create VMkernels with TCP/IP stack 'vmotion' but I do not see anywhere it is feasible.

Does anybody know?

Thanks

Fred

[daphnissov]

Where are you trying to do this? It is most certainly feasible in the vSphere Web Client as well as the ESXi embedded host client for 6.5.

[FredericSOSSON]

I am trying to do this from PowerCLI, my env. is vSphere 6.0

[IT_pilot]

You need to сonnect to the host via SSH.

How to Configure Multiple TCP/IP Stacks in vSphere 6 -- Virtualization Review

[LucD]

You can do this with PowerCLI, but only for VSS, not VDS.

See Re: Create VMK with vmotion TCP Stack

And you don't need to use SSH for this (would look silly in a PowerCLI community me thinks)

[IT_pilot]

oh yeah, did not notice that the issue was published in VMware PowerCLI

[FredericSOSSON]

thank you guys

thank you LucD

sorry for the delay

[LucD]

So I gather that script worked for you?

[FredericSOSSON]

Hi LucD,

Thanks a lot for helping, much appreciated

That script only works with VSS and I need a solution that works with VDS.  My goal is to automate the creation of VMkernel mapped to VMotion TCP/IP stack (because I need a specific gateway) like this :

Do you see a way to do it?

Regards,

FRed

[LucD]

Took me some trial and error, but the following seems to work (for me in vSphere 6.5).

$esxName = 'MyEsx'

$switchName = 'MyVDS'

$portgroupName = 'MyVDSPortgroup'

$ipAddr = '192.168.1.1'

$ipMask = '255.255.255.0'

$esx = Get-VMHost -Name $esxName

$vds = Get-VirtualSwitch -Name $switchName -VMHost $esx -Distributed

$pg = Get-VirtualPortGroup -Name $portgroupName -VirtualSwitch $vds

$netSys = Get-View -Id $esx.ExtensionData.ConfigManager.NetworkSystem

$nic = New-Object VMware.Vim.HostVirtualNicSpec

$port = New-Object VMware.Vim.DistributedVirtualSwitchPortConnection

$port.SwitchUuid = $vds.Key

$port.PortgroupKey = $pg.Key

$nic.DistributedVirtualPort = $port

$ip = New-Object VMware.Vim.HostIpConfig

$ip.IpAddress = $ipAddr

$ip.SubnetMask = $ipMask

$nic.Ip = $ip

$nic.NetStackInstanceKey = [VMware.Vim.HostNetStackInstanceSystemStackKey]::vmotion

$netSys.AddVirtualNic('',$nic)

[FredericSOSSON]

LucD you rock!

That script works like a charm!

Thanks a million

Fred