VMware NSX edge nodes deployed using API do not display host information

Products

• VMware NSX

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

• The VMware NSX edge node was deployed using the API POST /api/v1/transport-nodes.
• In the VMware NSX Manager UI, under: System > Fabric > Edge Transport Nodes - the host column is empty.
• The VMware NSX edge nodes are not listed in the Virtual Machines API:

GET /api/v1/fabric/virtual-machines

• The VMware NSX edge node is listed in transport and fabric node API calls:

GET /api/v1/transport-nodes
GET /api/v1/fabric/nodes

Environment

VMware NSX-T Data Center

Cause

When the VMware edge node was deployed, which was on a ESXi host not prepared for VMware NSX, even if host_id was specified in the API payload, the host column is not populated.

Resolution

In VMware NSX 3.2.x onwards, if host_id (optional field) is specified when deploying the VMware NSX edge node using API, the Host column will be populated to reflect this.