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Steps to Run NSX Migration tool for VMware Cloud Director

  • sicnarflatosa
  • Jul 7, 2022
  • 2 min read

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



How to Run NSX Migration tool for VMware Cloud Director


Steps Preparing and Running the 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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