"NSX was not able to fetch the information about latest Pre-Upgrade" observed while running upgrade pre-checks in NSX-T

Products

• VMware NSX Networking

Issue/Introduction

• NSX 4.1.1 or higher.
• Air-gapped NSX deployment is being upgraded.
• While running upgrade pre-checks, you may observe the following:

NSX was not able to fetch the information about latest Pre-Upgrade bundle released after the version <version> from the VMware Download Site. Please manually verify if a newer version of the Pre-Upgrade bundle (PUB) is available. It is recommended to run pre-checks with the latest Pre-Upgrade bundle before starting the upgrade to avoid any potential issues. Ignore if already done.

Environment

VMware NSX 4.1.1

Resolution

• This warning message is expected to be reported by upgrade pre-check on air-gapped NSX Manager. 
• Message prompts to user to manually check and validate if there is a new version of a PUB file available, and use this (latest) PUB file.
• If the PUB used is the latest one available, this message can be ignored.