Pop-up in NSX UI: We found some manager objects that can be promoted to policy objects.

Products

• VMware NSX

Issue/Introduction

Pop up windows with following message in NSX manager UI is seen:

We found some manager objects that can be promoted to policy objects.

Environment

VMware NSX  4.x

Cause

MP Logical APIs and MP2Policy promotion tool have been removed in VCF 9.0 and hence customers are advised to perform manager to policy promotion of such MP logical objects before upgrading to VCF 9.0

Resolution

Prerequisites :

• You must start the migration coordinator service by running the following command on any one node of manager cluster nodes.

         > start service migration-coordinator

• Take a backup before performing the manager to policy promotion. In case a promotion fails, we can revert the system to its original state using the backup.

Procedure - UI

1. Navigate to System > General Settings > Manager Objects Promotion
   
   
   
   
2. Click Start Objects Promotion.
   
   The system displays summary of manager objects.(Below is the example)
   
   
3. Click Continue.
   
   
   
   The system starts the promotion and displays the progress and status of promotion. If any object fails to get promoted, the system displays an error. You can click Skip and Continue to continue the promotion, or you can click Cancel to stop the promotion.
   
   
4. Once the promotion is completed successfully, the system displays the Manager to Policy Objects Promotion page.

Procedure - API 

Please refer to the kb : Manager to Policy promotion

Additional Information

NSX 4.2 Admin Guide - Promote Manager Objects to Policy Objects