Course Overview
This three-day, hands-on training course provides you with the skills, techniques, and tools required to successfully migrate your current VMware NSX® Data Center for vSphere® environment to VMware NSX-T™ Data Center. You will learn to choose between different migration approaches and how to perform the type of migration that best suits your current environment. In addition, you are presented with common migration problems and resolutions.
Course Objectives
- Contrast NSX-T Data Center and NSX Data Center for vSphere architectures
- Understand the networking and security features of NSX-T Data Center
- Compare end-to-end and lift-and-shift migration approaches
- Identify common fixed network topologies supported in end-to-end migrations
- Perform end-to-end migrations for fixed and user-defined topologies
- Describe other migration modes supported by the migration coordinator
- Describe lift-and-shift migration techniques
- Troubleshoot common problems with end-to-end and lift-and-shift migrations
- Describe the steps to perform a cross-vCenter NSX to NSX Federation migration
Who Should Attend?
- Experienced system administrators and network administrators
- Network and security professionals who work with enterprise and data center networks
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- Post Class Resources: Review your class content, catch up on any material you may have missed or perfect your new skills with access to resources after your course is complete.
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Agenda
Module 1: Course Introduction
- Introduction and course logistics
- Course objectives
Module 2: Introduction to NSX-T Data Center
- Describe the motivation for migrating to NSX-T Data Center
- Contrast NSX-T Data Center and NSX Data Center for vSphere architectures
- Describe the logical switching components in NSX-T Data Center
- Describe the components and functions of NSX-T Data Center logical routing
- Describe the security features of NSX-T Data Center
- Explain the implementation of networking services in NSX-T Data Center
Module 3: Migration Approaches
- Describe the end-to-end migration approach
- Describe the lift-and-shift migration approach
- Compare the migration approaches
- Determine the best migration strategy based on customer requirements
Module 4: Fixed Topologies for Migration
- Identify the NSX Data Center for vSphere fixed network topologies that can be migrated to NSX-T Data Center without a user-defined topology
- Explain how network and security objects from the fixed topologies are translated from NSX Data Center for vSphere to NSX-T Data Center
Module 5: End-to-End Migration
- Describe the prerequisites for end-to-end migration
- Prepare the NSX Data Center for vSphere environment for migration
- Prepare the NSX-T Data Center environment for migration
- Migrate the NSX Data Center for vSphere environment with the migration coordinator using a fixed topology
- Migrate the NSX Data Center for vSphere environment with the migration coordinator using a user-defined topology
- Perform postmigration tasks
Module 6: Other Migration Modes
- Describe the steps to migrate NSX Data Center for vSphere when integrated with VMware vRealize® Automation™
- Describe the Edge Cutover migration mode
- Describe the Distributed Firewall migration mode
- Describe the Distributed Firewall, Host, and Workload migration mode
- Describe the vSphere Networking migration feature
Module 7: Lift-and-Shift Migration
- Describe the prerequisites for lift-and-shift migrations
- Configure L2 bridging in preparation for lift-and-shift migrations
- Migrate the network and security configuration
- Migrate workloads
- Describe the DFW-only migration mode
Module 8: Troubleshooting Migrations
- Troubleshoot migration problems
- Identify the log files used in troubleshooting
- Identify and resolve common issues related to migrations.
Module 9: Cross-vCenter NSX to NSX Federation Migration
- Contrast cross-vCenter NSX and NSX Federation architectures
- Describe the steps for a multisite migration
- Demonstrate how to perform a cross-vCenter NSX to NSX Federation migration