VMware NSX

  • 1.  NSX and vDS compatibility

    Posted May 03, 2023 05:12 PM

    HI

     

    For migration purposes to vcenter 7 I have to upgrade dVS from 6.0 to 6.5 in vCenter 6.7. However when dVS was designed there is no separate vDS for vCLoud in one datacenter (all other datacentres have separate vDS except this one datacentre) I am just concerned when I update this VDS to 6.5 whether it is going to cause any issues

     

    Is there any compatibility list that I can compare NSX version to vDS or version doesnt matter



  • 2.  RE: NSX and vDS compatibility
    Best Answer

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted May 03, 2023 05:27 PM

    Are you using NSX-V or NSX-T? As you are going to have VC 7. x, the recommended version of VDS is 7. x which will align with design requirements.  

    https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/79872 

    https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.networking.doc/GUID-330A0689-574A-4589-9462-14CA03F3F2F4.html  



  • 3.  RE: NSX and vDS compatibility

    Posted May 03, 2023 05:38 PM

    well I am migrating the rest of virtual machines to 7 but 6.7 vcenter will remain for vCloud director as this is now sub company of the organization that we have

     

    the rest of internal Vms i will move but vcloud director and NSX will remain on vCenter 6.7. But that switch is used for everything (bad design). NSX-V is used

     

    Since we are service provider vcloud and NSX are heavily used. I am just concerned that is could cause problem. 6.7 vcenter remains for vCLoud loads and NSX-v will remain. We are kinda separating workloads but I have to touch that switch as vCenter 7 wont accept export version 6



  • 4.  RE: NSX and vDS compatibility

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted May 03, 2023 05:47 PM

    You are 100% correct, it is not how SP design should operate. Due to NSX-V End of Support, you must plan the migration to NSX-T or create a new platform using NSX-T.



  • 5.  RE: NSX and vDS compatibility

    Posted May 03, 2023 06:27 PM

    so basically if I upgrade dVS to 6.5 i could have issues

     

    Is there any compatibility list to see compatibility with this dVS in terms of NSX-V. Migration will be done later however I just need to touch this switch to upgrade it to 6.5 and then export and import to vcenter 7. But if i upgrade concern is that it may break something in NSX-V. We may be lucky since dVS 6.5 is quite old and it may work with current NSX-V configuration