NSX-T load balancer not working because of duplicate IPs

Products

• VMware Cloud Foundation

Issue/Introduction

This article exists so that customers can work around the issue of not working NSX-T LB

Symptoms:
After deploying a vRealize product except for vRLI in VCF mode the load-balancer VIP may not be responding.

Cause

When deploying vRSLCM if for Standalone NSX-T T1 IP is provided IP that is already in use but the ping to this IP is being filtered/disabled we still create the Standalone T1 and IP duplication on the network occurs.

Resolution

There is no resolution

Workaround:

1. In NSX-T UI navigate to Networking > Tier-1 Gateways.
2. Select the vRealize Standalone T1 default name(reg-a-m01-lb01-t1-gw01).
3. Select Service Interfaces.
4. Edit the existing Service Interface.
5. Remove the old IP Address / Mask and provide a new one that is not in use.
6. Save the configuration and the previously not responding LB VIP will now be available.