Unable to migrate NVDS to VDS

Products

• VMware NSX Networking

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

• You have NSX-T 3.1.x deployed . 
• When running the following API GET https://<nsx-mgr>/api/v1/nvds-urt/status-summary/<precheck-id> , you see results similar to the following : 

{ "precheck_id": "671fa2a2-0ba4-4502-a52b-3cc1feb01ade",
"precheck_status": "FAILED",
"precheck_issue": [ { "component": "Uplink profile", "objid": "N-VDS-DCAM", "error": "Found inconsistent profiles: [fc1a16ee-2d3d-48dc-ab9a-28961e6cfaf2, 7cb4e855-a940-4a93-97f9-40e19df6ab9d]. Uplink profile mismatch. Teaming mismatch. ",
     "recommendation": "Keep profiles consistent among transport nodes in the same NVDS", "_protection": "NOT_PROTECTED" } ]}

Environment

VMware NSX-T Data Center
VMware NSX-T Data Center 3.x

Cause

This is due to the NVDS possessing incompatible uplink or teaming profiles.

Resolution

The issue is resolved starting NSX-T 3.2.1 available at VMware Downloads.

Workaround:
1. Run the following api to get the precheck-ID per cluster:

POST https://<manager-ip>/api/v1/nvds-urt/precheck-by-cluster/<cluster_id> 

2. Run the following api to get the pre-check status:

GET https://<manager-ip>/api/v1/nvds-urt/status-summary-by-cluster/<precheck_id>

3. Run the following api to get the recommended topology:

GET https://<manager-ip>/api/v1/nvds-urt/topology-by-cluster/<precheck_id>

4. Run the following api to apply the topology to the cluster:

POST https://<manager-ip>/api/v1/nvds-urt/topology-by-cluster/<precheck_id>?action=apply