Feature Description
Virtual Machine (VM) Tag support is a feature that imports existing vCenter tags into NSX. Upon importing, a NSX Security Tag is created and associated to the same VM(s) as the vCenter tags. This feature was initially developed for non-NSX customers who had VM tags already defined and needed an easy method to migrating them to NSX for Security / NS Group membership for policy enforcement.
Note: This synchronization can be automated (scheduled) through the ReSTNSX Policy Sync tool.
Minimum Release: 2.5 Application: NSX-v, NSX T License: Enterprise Privilege level: Security Engineer or higher
Setup
No setup required. The active data source vCenter will be used for querying existing tags and associated.
Importing Tags
To import tags, navigate to Operations > N&S Objects > Tags and select Import VM Tags from the main menu.
This action will open a new dialogue window to select one or many VM tags discovered in vCenter. To see which VMs are currently assigned to a tag on the list, click the number in the “VMs Applied To” column. In this example, New Tag is assigned to VM named phton-vm-11 as shown below within ReSTNSX and vCenter.
Once the tag(s) are selected for import, select the scope (Global / Universal) and the Migrate button to create and associate the new tag. In this example, ReSTNSX has successfully created a new NSX Security Tag using the same name as the VM Tag (New Tag) and associated this new tag with the same VM (phton-vm-11). This can be verified by clicking the blue double chevron to expand the VM members of the tag.
