Forwarder down Alarm

Products

• VMware NSX

Issue/Introduction

Title: Alarm for forwarder_down
Event ID: forwarder_down

Alarm Description

• Purpose: Notifying the status of the DNS forwarder as being offline.
• Impact: This may lead to VMs being unable to resolve domain names.

Environment

VMware NSX

Resolution

Steps to Resolve

For 4.2.0 and higher

 

Recommended Action:

Follow the below procedure to check the DNS forwarder status in the UI.

1. 1. With admin privileges, log in to NSX Manager.
   2. Select Networking > IP Management > DNS.
   3. Find the DNS service you need to check.
   4. Review the status column for the DNS service.  

Follow the below procedure to disable and reenable the Admin Status of the DNS forwarder.

1. 1. With admin privileges, log in to NSX Manager.
   2. Select Networking > IP Management > DNS.
   3. Find the DNS service you need to enable.  Next to the service name, click …
   4. Click Edit
   5. Click the Admin Status toggle to disable the DNS service.
   6. Click Save.
   7. Edit and click the Admin Status again
   8. Click Save.

Additional Information

Add a DNS Forwarder Service
API reference