Dell EMC VxBlock Systems 350 Administration Manual page 103

Create the distributed port groups with the same name and VLAN ID as the existing switch.
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If migrating to a standard switch:
Create a new standard switch and attach at least one VMNIC as an uplink for the standard
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switch.
vNIC0 and vNIC1 connect to a different set of physical switches than vNIC2 and vNIC3. Do
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not add vNIC2 and/or vNIC3 to vSwitch0, because it could cause the VMware vSphere ESXi
host to lose network connectivity if management traffic gets switched.
If no VMNICs are available, migrate one VMNIC from the VMware VDS. Keep the second
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VMNIC on the Distributed Switch for VM traffic to continue to communicate
Create the VM port group with correct VLAN ID to the new standard switch.
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Procedure
1 Open a browser and type the following URL: https://<vCenterIP>:9443/vsphere-
client You can also launch the VMware vSphere Web Client by selecting Start Menu > All
Programs > VMware > VMware vSphere Web Client. The alternative launch method above
does not apply to vSphere 6.5.
2 Log on to the VMware vSphere Web Client with the administrator@vsphere.local user account
(VMware vSphere SSOaccount) or other administrative account with appropriate permissions.
3 On the VMware vSphere Web Client Home tab, under Inventories, click Networking.
4 Right-click DVswitch01-A and select Migrate VM to Another Network.
5 From the Migrate Virtual Machine Networking wizard, perform the following:
a Verify that Specific network is selected and click Browse.
b Select the Source network distributed port group or standard port group and click OK.
c Select Browse for the destination network.
d Select the distributed port group or port group where the VMs will be reassigned and click
Ok.
e Click Next.
f When the list of VMs appear, select the checkbox on each VM, and click Next.
g Validate that the source and destination is correct and click Finish. The selected VMs
distributed port groups migrate to a new distributed or standard switch.
Migrating the VMKernel ports to a different switch
Migrate the VMKernel ports to a different distributed or standard switch.
Before you begin
Do not associate the VMware vSphere ESXi host with VMKernel ports to the VMware VDS. Create
another distributed or standard switch to migrate the VMKernel ports.
103 | Managing VMware VDS