Duration

3 days.

Prerequisites

Before taking this course, you should have completed the VMware NSX-T Data Center: Install, Configure, Manage [V3.0] course. You should also have the following understanding or knowledge:

  • Good understanding of TCP/IP services and protocols
  • Knowledge and working experience of computer networking and security, including:
  • Switching and routing technologies (L2-L3)
  • Network and application delivery services (L4-L7)
  • Firewalling (L4-L7)
  • VMware vSphere® environments
  • The VMware Certified Professional – Network Virtualization certification is recommended.

Skills Gained

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following 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 Can Benefit?

  • Experienced system administrators and network administrators
  • Network and security professionals who work with enterprise and data center networks

Outline for VMware NSX-T Data Center: Migration from NSX Data Center for vSphere Training

Outline

Course Introduction

  • Introduction and course logistics
  • Course objectives

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

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

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

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

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

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

Troubleshooting Migrations

  • Troubleshoot migration problems
  • Identify the log files used in troubleshooting
  • Identify and resolve common issues related to migrations.

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

Product Alignment

  • VMware NSX-T Data Center 3.2