Migrating a virtual machine network from a vSphere Standard Switch (vSwitch ) to a vSphere Distributed Switch (dvSwitch)

Once you have laid the distributed switch foundation by creating dvSwitches, dvPortGroups, and by mapping physical adapters the next step is to migrate the virtual machines connected to a port group on a vSwitch to dvPortGroup on the dvSwitches.

Getting ready

To ensure that the virtual machines do not lose network connectivity when they are migrated to the dvSwitch, verify that at least one or more physical adapters backing the virtual machine network have already been mapped to an uplink on the dvSwitch and is an active uplink on the destination dvPortGroup. The dvPortGroup should also be configured to use the same VLAN, MTU, and link aggregation (if any) settings.

Aspects such as cabling and VLAN trunking should be done correctly on the physical switches as well.

How to do it...

The following procedure will help you migrate virtual machines that are currently connected to...