Import vCenter to VCF instance fails - The vCenter Server virtual machine is not connected to a distributed virtual port group or the dvpg has an association with non management traffic type.

Products

• VCF Operations

Issue/Introduction

• You are converting an Existing vCenter to VCF by Importing the vCenter to Create a Workload Domain with VCF Operations in 9.x.
  
  
• VCF operations > VCF instance > Add Workload domain > Import a vCenter 

• The operation fails at prechecks with the error:

The vCenter Server virtual machine is not connected to a distributed virtual port group or the dvpg has an association with non management traffic type for vcenter_fqdn. Please ensure the vCenter Server virtual machine is connected to a distributed virtual port group (dvpg) and the dvpg is not associated with non-management traffic type.

 

Environment

VCF 9.X

Cause

• The vCenter VM is configured within the Management domain, but it is not part of the VM_Management port group. Rather resides on a user-defined VM port groups.
  
  
• User-defined VM port groups are excluded from the SDDC Manager inventory during the import process, and as a result, SDDC Manager ignores the other VM networks during validation. 
  
  
• Hence, the prechecks to validate if vCenter Server virtual machine is not connected to a distributed virtual port group or the dvpg has an association with non management traffic type fails.

Resolution

1. A precheck has been added to ensure the vCenter Server VM is connected to a Distributed Virtual Port Group and not a Standard Switch (see KB 414323). This validation applies to two scenarios: 
   • • The vCenter is collocated within the cluster it manages.
   • • The vCenter is not collocated, residing in the Management Domain.
2. If the vCenter is not collocated, it must be attached to a port group managed by the Management vCenter for this validator to succeed.

 

 

Additional Information

Converging Existing Virtual Infrastructure to a VCF or a vSphere Foundation Platform