NSX-T edge node dataplane service crashes due to deleting old firewall rule
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Article ID: 322427
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Products
VMware NSX
Issue/Introduction
Symptoms:
NSX-T Logical routers experience a brief dataplane impact.
In the NSX-T edge node /var/log/syslog the following WARNING's are seen:
edge-node-01 NSX 5617 - [nsx@6876 comp="nsx-edge" subcomp="node-mgmt" username="root" level="WARNING" eventFeatureName="infrastructure_service" eventType="edge_service_status_changed" eventSev="warning" eventState="On"] The service dataplane changed from STARTED to CRASHED. edge-node-01 NSX 5617 - [nsx@6876 comp="nsx-edge" subcomp="node-mgmt" username="root" level="WARNING" eventFeatureName="infrastructure_service" eventType="edge_service_status_changed" eventSev="warning" eventState="Off"] The service dataplane changed from CRASHED to STARTED.
Checking /var/log/core/ on the edge node, there is a core dump for the dataplane service:
/var/log/core/core.dp-fp:xxxxx.gz
Environment
VMware NSX-T
Cause
The dataplane service crashed on the edge node, as it was trying to remove an invalid firewall rule which was already removed.
Resolution
This is a known issue impacting VMware NSX.
Workaround: As the service is automatically restarted by the watchdog service, no workaround is required.