6.0.1

Place Traffic for Cold Migration, Cloning, and Snapshots on the
Provisioning TCP/IP Stack
Use the provisioning TCP/IP stack to isolate trac for cold migration, VM clones, and snapshots, and to
assign a dedicated default gateway, routing table, and DNS conguration for this trac. To enable the
Provisioning TCP/IP stack, assign it a new VMkernel adapter.
By using a separate TCP/IP stack, you can handle vMotion and cold migration trac according to the
topology of the network and as required for your organization:
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Route the trac for migration of powered on or powered o virtual machines by using a default
gateway that is dierent from the gateway assigned to the default stack on the host.
By using a separate default gateway, you can use DHCP for IP address assignment to the VMkernel
adapters for migration in a exible way.
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Assign a separate set of buers and sockets.
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Avoid routing table conicts that might otherwise appear when many features are using a common
TCP/IP stack.
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Isolate trac to improve security.
Prerequisites
Verify that the host is running ESXi 6.0 or later
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Web Client, navigate to the host.
2 Under Manage, select Networking and then select VMkernel adapters.
3 Click Add host networking.
4 On the Select connection type page, select VMkernel Network Adapter and click Next.
5 On the Select target device page, select the switch for the VMkernel adapter, and click Next.
Option Description
Select an existing network
Use the physical adapter conguration of an existing distributed port
group to send data from the VMkernel adapter to the external network.
Select an existing standard switch
Use the physical adapter conguration for the VMkernel adapter of an
existing standard switch.
New vSphere standard switch
Assign a new physical adapter conguration for the VMkernel adapter on
a new standard switch.
6 On the Port properties page, select Provisioning from the TCP/IP stack drop-down menu.
The provisioning trac becomes the only enabled service. You cannot use this VMkernel adapter for
trac types other than provisioning.
7 Set the label, VLAN ID, and IP mode of the VMkernel adapter, and click Next.
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