Migrate Virtual Machine Networking Configuration from a vSphere Standard Switch to a vSphere Distributed Switch

To manage virtual machine networks on a datacenter level, you might need to migrate existing networks from vSphere standard switches to vSphere distributed switches.

Prerequisites

Verify that you are connected to a vCenter Server system.

Procedure

$virtualSwitch = Get-VirtualSwitch -Name 'MyVirtualSwitch'
$vmsPortGroup = $virtualSwitch | Get-VirtualPortGroup -Name 'VM Network'
$vdSwitch = Get-VDSwitch -Name 'MyTargetVDSwitch'
$vdPortGroup = Get-VDPortGroup -VDSwitch $vdSwitch -Name 'DPortGroup'
$vmsNetworkAdapters = Get-VM -RelatedObject $vmsPortGroup | Get-NetworkAdapter | where { $_.NetworkName -eq $vmsPortGroup.Name }
Set-NetworkAdapter -NetworkAdapter $vmsNetworkAdapters -PortGroup $vdPortGroup

1	Get the source vSphere standard switch from which you want to migrate the virtual machine networking. $virtualSwitch = Get-VirtualSwitch -Name 'MyVirtualSwitch'
2	Get the source standard port group to which the virtual machines are connected. $vmsPortGroup = $virtualSwitch \| Get-VirtualPortGroup -Name 'VM Network'
3	Get the target vSphere distributed switch to which you want to migrate the virtual machine networking. $vdSwitch = Get-VDSwitch -Name 'MyTargetVDSwitch'
4	Get the target port group to which you want to connect the virtual machines. $vdPortGroup = Get-VDPortGroup -VDSwitch $vdSwitch -Name 'DPortGroup'
5	Get the virtual machine network adapters connected to the source port group. $vmsNetworkAdapters = Get-VM -RelatedObject $vmsPortGroup \| Get-NetworkAdapter \| where { $_.NetworkName -eq $vmsPortGroup.Name }
6	Disconnect the retrieved network adapters from the standard port group and connect them to the distributed port group. Set-NetworkAdapter -NetworkAdapter $vmsNetworkAdapters -PortGroup $vdPortGroup