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.

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Learning Objectives

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

1
  • Course Introduction

  • Introduction and course logistics
    Course objectives

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

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

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 Centerfor vSphere to NSX-T Data Center

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

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

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

8
  • Troubleshooting Migrations

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

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

Audience

This course is designed for experienced system administrators and network administrators, network and security professionals who work with enterprise and data center networks.

Language

English

Prerequisites

Before taking this course, you must complete the following course: VMware NSX-T Data Center: Install, Configure, Manage [V3.2] You should also have understanding or knowledge of these technologies: 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

$2,775

Length: 3.0 days (24 hours)

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