Alarm for Cyclic Dependent NSGroups

Products

• VMware NSX Networking

Issue/Introduction

Title: Alarm for Cyclic Dependent NSGroups
Event ID: group_cyclic_topology_detected_event
Added in release: 4.2.0
Alarm Description

• Purpose: Group cyclic topology detected event alarm warns the user for cyclic dependent groups which could cause inconsistency in group membership and affects the data path.
• Impact: Inconsistency in group membership which could impact data path.

NOTE: 

• No Maintenance window required for remediation

Environment

VMware NSX-T Data Center

Resolution

1. Look for Open state Alarm with Event Type "Group Cyclic Topology Detected"
2. Get the groups name (or ids) involved in cyclic topology
3. Go to Inventory/Groups and find the NSGroups participating in the cyclic topology.
4. Remove any relation between cyclic dependent NSGroups to resolve cyclic topology.

API reference:
https://{{nsx-api}}/api/v1/alarms?status=OPEN&event_type=group_cyclic_topology_detected_event&feature_name=groups