NSX - Access List Control does not work when enabled for the first time on policy UI.

Products

• VMware NSX

Issue/Introduction

• Access List Control was configured on a virtual server for the first time referring to the following document: Add Layer 4 Virtual Servers
• Traffic passes even though it is set to drop in the access list control.
• In the /var/log/cloudnet/nsx-ccp.log, the following error is observed:

2023-02-08T13:18:39.150Z  WARN Owl-worker-2 ExecutorTask 21167 - [nsx@6876 comp="nsx-controller" level="WARNING" subcomp="owl"] Failed to process dataUpdate for listener RedistributionAppImpl, error message: vmware.nsx.nestdb.LbVirtualServerMsg and vmware.nsx.nestdb.UuidOpMsg mismatch: missing field container_id, error stack:java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: vmware.nsx.nestdb.LbVirtualServerMsg and vmware.nsx.nestdb.UuidOpMsg mismatch: missing field container_id

Environment

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

Cause

CCP fails to send the updates of container_id, access_list_control, or log_significant_event_only to host side.   

Resolution

This issue is resolved in VMware NSX-T 3.2.3 and NSX 4.1.1, available at Broadcom downloads - VMware NSX or Broadcom downloads - VMware NSX-T Data Center.
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Workaround:
There are three options. This issue can be resolved by doing one of these things.

 1. Turning the Access List Control off and turning it on again.
 2. Create a clone from the virtual server.
 3. Restart controller service on all managers.