Migrate a VDS Domain to Cisco ACI Virtual Edge Using the NX-OS Style CLI
Before you begin
Procedure
Migrate the VDS VMM domain. Example:
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Migration to Cisco ACI Virtual Edge
Migrate the VDS VMM domain. Example:
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Improving Cisco ACI Virtual Edge Availability with VMware vSphere Proactive HA
You can use the NX-OS style CLI to perform several tasks in Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC):
Enable host availability assurance, which creates a vSphere Proactive HA provider object that resides in VMware vCenter. The object enables VMware vCenter to quarantine a host with a nonworking Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Virtual Edge and move its VMs.
Set the time period before VMware vCenter quarantines the host with the nonworking Cisco ACI Virtual Edge and move VMs from the host.
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When you add hosts to a cluster on which Proactive HA is already configured, and then add the host or attach the host to a Cisco ACI Virtual Edge VMM domain, those hosts may not work properly in some circumstances. The hosts may not work properly in Proactive HA or when Cisco ACI Virtual Edge or OpFlex goes down. The hosts also may not go into quarantine mode although the health status of the host is correctly set to yellow in Cisco Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC). To fix the problem, disable Proactive HA on the cluster and then re-enable it. |
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Enable host availability assurance:
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Set the Cisco ACI Virtual Edge timeout:
You can choose any value between 10 and 100 seconds, inclusive. The default is 30 seconds. |
Enable the VMware vSphere Proactive HA feature in VMware vCenter if you have not done so already. See the section Enabling vSphere Proactive HA in VMware vCenter in this guide.
You can set a state for a given host to override the default state, which is based on the health of the Cisco ACI Virtual Edge. See the section Manually Setting the Health Level of the ESXi Host.
Set a state for the host:
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You can use the NX-OS style CLI to guarantee that specific VM groups be moved to working hosts if a Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Virtual Edge host stops working.
You must have configured VM groups in VMware vCenter and enabled vSphere Proactive HA in Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC).
Configure VM group protection. Example:
AVE_Cluster_Name is the name of the ESXi cluster on the VMware vCenter where the VM groups have been defined and where the affinity rules are programmed. VM groups are cluster-specific. VM_Group_Name is the name of the VM group present in the specified cluster. |