The number of current sessions of virtual server doesn't match with summation of current sessions across pool members
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The number of current sessions of virtual server doesn't match with summation of current sessions across pool members

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Article ID: 314226

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Products

VMware NSX

Issue/Introduction

The purpose of this KB is to provide a way to figure out why the number of current session of virtual server and pool don't get refreshed and how to resolve this issue.


Symptoms:

The number of current sessions of virtual server doesn't match with summation of current sessions across pool members:

 

Pool

UUID              : ########-####-####-####-############

Display-Name          : LB-PRD-Common-WEBTier01_EAI_LBpool_10101

Type              : L4

Sessions            :

  (Cur, Max, Total, Rate)   : (148370, 148404, 1027448, 0)          >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Bytes              :

  (In, Out)          : (1144156441, 1729952455)

Packets             :

  (In, Out)          : (4003525, 5550714)

 

Pool Member

Display-Name          : pceaiap03

IP               : 10.100.30.69

Port              : 10101

Sessions            :

  (Cur, Max, Total, Rate)   : (0, 7, 175836, 0)          >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Bytes              :

  (In, Out)          : (228991968, 345598564)

Packets             :

  (In, Out)          : (805708, 1109895)

 

Pool Member

Display-Name          : pceaiap02

IP               : 10.100.30.68

Port              : 10101

Sessions            :

  (Cur, Max, Total, Rate)   : (0, 7, 175840, 0)          >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Bytes              :

  (In, Out)          : (227630363, 346534980)

Packets             :

  (In, Out)          : (776665, 1110719)

 

Pool Member

Display-Name          : pceaiap05

IP               : 10.100.30.71

Port              : 10101

Sessions            :

  (Cur, Max, Total, Rate)   : (0, 7, 175816, 0)          >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Bytes              :

  (In, Out)          : (229180877, 346081266)

Packets             :

  (In, Out)          : (806194, 1110180)

 

Pool Member

Display-Name          : pceaiap01

IP               : 10.100.30.67

Port              : 10101

Sessions            :

  (Cur, Max, Total, Rate)   : (0, 7, 175790, 0)          >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Bytes              :

  (In, Out)          : (229328278, 345542175)

Packets             :

  (In, Out)          : (808904, 1109685)

 

Pool Member

Display-Name          : pceaiap04

IP               : 10.100.30.70

Port              : 10101

Sessions            :

  (Cur, Max, Total, Rate)   : (0, 7, 175796, 0)          >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Bytes              :

  (In, Out)          : (229024955, 346195470)

Packets             :

  (In, Out)          : (806054, 1110235)

 

Environment

VMware NSX-T Data Center
VMware NSX-T Data Center 4.x
VMware NSX-T Data Center 3.x

Cause

It happens when customer changes IP address or port of a specific virtual server while having connections with the virtual server.

Resolution

Please refer to workaround section.


Workaround:

You can put edge nodes into maintenance mode in order to restart LB docker engine and it will refresh the number of current sessions.

 

Additional Information

Impact/Risks:

There's no service impact.