Unable to migrate NVDS to VDS
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Unable to migrate NVDS to VDS

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Article ID: 322600

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Products

VMware NSX

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": "########-####-####-####-########1ade",
"precheck_status": "FAILED",
"precheck_issue": [ { "component": "Uplink profile", "objid": "N-VDS-DCAM", "error": "Found inconsistent profiles: [########-####-####-####-########faf2, ########-####-####-####-########ab9d]. 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 Broadcom 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