Unable to fetch host hardware and network compute information error 9564 in host NSX installation.

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VMware NSX

Hosts show the following Validation Error in NSX-T UI under: System > Fabric > Nodes> Host Transport Nodes > NSX Configuration:
9564: Unable to fetch host hardware and network compute information associated with <Host UUID> from inventory. Either the CM-Inventory Service is not running, or inventory information is missing.

The following log entries are seen in the NSX-T manager /var/log/proton/nsxapi.log:
INFO http-nio-127.0.0.1-7440-exec-9 TransportNodeProfileUtilImpl 6005 FABRIC [nsx@6876 comp="nsx-manager" level="INFO" subcomp="manager" username="admin"] Record validation error in TNC for discovered node ########-4a90-11ee-af84-############:host-##### message : Unable to fetch host hardware and network compute information associated with ########-4a90-11ee-af84-############ from inventory. Either the CM-Inventory Service is not running, or inventory information is missing.

The below API's show CM service is up and service account true:
GET https://<NSX-Manager-IP>/api/v1/fabric/compute-managers/<CM-id>GET https://<NSX-Manager-IP>/api/v1/fabric/compute-managers/<CM-id>/status

VMware NSX-T Data Center
VMware NSX

This issue is resolved in VMware NSX 4.2.0, available at Broadcom downloads.

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If you are contacting Broadcom support about this issue, please provide the following:

NSX Manager support bundles.
ESXi host support bundles for hosts that are failing to configure as transport nodes.
Text of any error messages seen in NSX GUI or command lines pertinent to the investigation.

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