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VMware vSphere 5.5 Cookbook

By : Abhilash G B
Book Image

VMware vSphere 5.5 Cookbook

By: Abhilash G B

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (22 chapters)
VMware vSphere 5.5 Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Migrating VMkernel interfaces between a standard vSwitch and VDS


Similar to the virtual machine network, the VMkernel interfaces can also be migrated to the VDS. There are different GUI locations from where this can be achieved. In this recipe, we will achieve this task by initiating a wizard from the networking inventory.

Getting ready

Before you begin migrating the VMkernel interfaces from a vSwitch to VDS, it is important to make sure you have a dvPortGroup configured with the necessary dvUplinks and ensure the other settings such as VLAN, MTU, and LACP (if required) are configured correctly.

How to do it…

The following procedure explains how to migrate the management network from vSwitch to VDS:

  1. Connect to the vCenter Server using the vSphere Web Client and use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Alt + 6 to go to the Network Inventory view.

  2. Right-click on the VDS on which you want to migrate the VMkernel interfaces to and click on Add and Manage Hosts.

  3. In the Add and Manage Hosts window, select the...