VMware Distributed Switch Traffic Filtering

This is a very useful feature which is coming with VMware distributed switch. In this article I’m going to explain about traffic filtering.

This is a port group wise feature of VMware distribute switch.

I will explain this feature by using some examples.

My requirement 1

In my VMware environment there are some virtual machines which are using one port group.I need to disable file share access on these virtual machines.

How I can achieve my target using VMware distributed switch

1.First I need to enable traffic filtering on distribute switch.

Login to the vcenter
Select distribute switch from networking
Select port group where I need to enable traffic filtering
Select Policies
Click on Edit

Select Enable from Status drop down list

8.Assign name for my rule .I gave Disable-Fileshare

9.Select Drop from Action drop down list

10.Im going to disable file share on both way.Once I implement this policy , users shouldn’t access file share on outside & from outside users may not access file shares on these servers.

11.Click on + sign

Select New IP qualifier

13.Select Protocol as TCP,Select Source port is 443, Select destination port is 443,click on ök

My requirement 2

Assuming I have two management network and we have configured VMware VDP as my backup solution. But I want to restrict using backup on one of the management network.

How to do this?