Problems Related To Vsm And Vcenter Server Connectivity - Cisco Nexus 1000V Troubleshooting Manual

Chapter 21 System
S e n d d o c u m e n t c o m m e n t s t o n e x u s 1 k - d o c f e e d b a c k @ c i s c o . c o m .
For more information see the following procedure in the Cisco Nexus 1000V Getting Started Guide,
Release 4.2(1)SV1(5.1).
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Manually recreate the old port profiles from your previous configuration.
Step 5
For more information, see the following procedures in the Cisco Nexus 1000V Getting Started Guide,
Release 4.2(1)SV1(5.1).
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On the VSM, restore the configuration for the vCenter server connection.
Step 6
Example:
n1000v# config t
n1000v (config)# svs connection VC
n1000v(config-svs-conn#) protocol vmware-vim
n1000v(config-svs-conn#) remote ip address 192.168.0.1
n1000v(config-svs-conn#) vmware dvs datacenter-name Hamilton-DC
Connect to vCenter Server.
Step 7
Example:
n1000v(config-svs-conn#) connect
You can now use the old DVS or remove it.

Problems Related to VSM and vCenter Server Connectivity

Symptom
Connections are not
supported between Release
4.0(4)SV1(3a) VSMs and
VMware vCenter Server 5.0
The vCenter Server
connection seems to succeed,
but does not.
The svs connection
command fails.
OL-28795-01
Creating a Cisco Nexus 1000V Plug-In on the vCenter Server
Configuring the system port profile for VSM-VEM Communication
Configuring the uplink port profile for VM Traffic
Configuring the data port profile for VM Traffic
If you do not manually recreate the port profiles, then all port groups on the vCenter Server
Note
are removed when the VSM connects.
Problems Related to VSM and vCenter Server Connectivity
Solution
Upgrade to a compatible version of the Cisco Nexus 1000V software.
Make sure that the domain ID is configured correctly.
Make sure you have configured all parameters for the svs connection
command.
Make sure you can ping the vCenter Server IP address.
Make sure that the proxy.xml file is correct for both the IP address and
length.
Restart the vCenter Server
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