NSX upgrade precheck error : There are X Transport Node Profiles configured with N-VDS switches

Products

• VMware NSX

Issue/Introduction

• You are upgrading form NSX 3.X to 4.X.

• An NSX upgrade precheck to 4.x failed due to the presence of Transport Node Profiles configured with  N-VDS switches as below:

• Error Message:

  There are X Transport Node Profiles configured with N-VDS switches. N-VDS is not supported starting NSX 4.0. Please delete/edit these Transport Node Profiles
  
  before proceeding to upgrade. List of Transport Node Profiles having N-VDS:XXXXXXXXXXXXXX.

• This precheck error is identified as a component level issue that acts as a blocker to the NSX upgrade to 4.x.

 

Environment

VMware NSX

Cause

 

• Support for N-VDS has been removed starting with the release of NSX 4.0.

• Detected that existing transport node profiles in the upgrade precheck still reference the deprecated N-VDS.

 

Resolution

Resolution

• Please delete or edit any transport node profiles that contain N-VDS configurations.

• Verify that zero clusters are attached to the TNP before attempting deletion to avoid dependency errors:

  The UI Navigation Path

  1. Log in to the NSX Manager UI as admin

  2. Select the System tab from the top navigation bar.

  3. On the left-hand pane, look under the Fabric section.

  4. Click on Hosts.

  5. In the main window, select the Transport Node Profiles tab

  6. Make sure that 0 Applied clusters are utilizing the TNP as shown below.

• If your environment still utilizes N-VDS on your transport nodes, you should perform a migration to VDS following Migrate Host Switch to vSphere Distributed Switch – NSX-T Administration Guide

• Upgrade precheck must be re-executed after the n-vds references are cleared from the NSX Manager.