The idea of my blog today is to help you run the NSX Assessment Tool developed by VMware.
VMware vCloud Director Documentation Center: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Cloud-Director/index.html
VMware NSX Migration for VMware Cloud Director User Guide: http://37.156.146.163/PUB/VMware/vCloud_Director/VMware_NSX_Migration_for_VMware_Cloud_Director_1.1_User_Guide.pdf
How to Run NSX Migration tool for VMware Cloud Director
Steps Preparing and Running the Tools :
- Login your VMware Account then browse the link below https://customerconnect.vmware.com/downloads/info/slug/datacenter_cloud_infrastructure/vmware_cloud_director/10_3#drivers_tools
- In our case we downloaded the first Item
- This tool is available for Windows installer as well as Linux based
- Click Download
- After the Tool is downloaded you need to extract or unzip the file
- Now you need to search or find this file samplev2tAssessmentInput.yml
- Open the file using the txt editor, in our case we use notpad++ to open the file
- Now add the information of the vCD (IP or FQDN and the Administrator User ID)
Note: If scope is to run at system level then remove rest of the configuration and save the file.
Note: In case, Assessment is required for particular Org then add the specific Org and Org vCD details
- On the below screen capture I just put hash sign # to disable or to be not readable script
Note: Certificate verification can be skipped by setting is as False or is needed than add it in the end
- Open windows command prompt and navigate to the Tool path location
- Run vcdNSXMigrator.exe --filepath=samplev2tAssessmentInput.yml --v2tAssessment
- Then Key-in the vCD Administrator user account Password
- Now the Tool is Running, wait to complete
- Now it is completed
- To get the output of the assessment navigate the path stated on the CMD
- Below is the example path location in our case
Note: There are two parts of the report output. The Detailed report and Summary report
Detailed report path: D:\NSX_TOOLS\VMware-NSX-Migration-for-VMware-Cloud-Director-1.3.2\VMware-NSX-Migration-for-VMware-Cloud-Director-1.3.2\reports\2d3105f2-8d3f-4511-91bc-28559bf0b6a0-v2tAssessmentReport-02-06-2022-18-26-06.csv
Summary report path: D:\NSX_TOOLS\VMware-NSX-Migration-for-VMware-Cloud-Director-1.3.2\VMware-NSX-Migration-for-VMware-Cloud-Director-1.3.2\reports\2d3105f2-8d3f-4511-91bc-28559bf0b6a0-v2tAssessmentReport-Summary-02-06-2022-18-26-06.csv
- Go to the path where you unzip or extracted the Tool then click the Report folder
- Now you have the assessment report
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