Unable to add NSX manager to Active Directory using LDAPS in VMware NSX for vSphere 6.x

Products

• VMware

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

• Adding NSX Manager to an LDAPS domain fails although it works fine when adding the NSX Manager to an LDAP domain
  
• You see the error similar to:
  
  Cannot connect to host Controlcenter.corp.local error, error message: simple bind failed: controlcenter.corp.local:636
  

Resolution

This issue is resolved in these versions of VMware NSX for vSphere:

• VMware NSX for vSphere 6.1.5, available at VMware Downloads. For more information, see the NSX for vSphere 6.1.5 Release Notes.

• VMware NSX for vSphere 6.2, available at VMware Downloads. For more information, see the NSX for vSphere 6.2.0 Release Notes.