Some firewall ruleset unexpectedly disabled after ESX reboot on 70u2.

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

Some firewall ruleset unexpectedly disabled after ESX reboot on 70u2. This happened if user set allowed IP on the firewall ruleset before reboot.

Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi 7.0.3
VMware vSphere ESXi 7.0.2

Cause

This is a regression introduced in 7.0 U2

Resolution

This issue is resolved in 7.0 U3

Workaround:
Manually enable the firewall ruleset by esxcli command or UI

Command: esxcli network firewall ruleset set -e 1 -r <ruleset name>

Additional Information

Refer: ESXCLI Firewall Commands