VMware Smarts Assurance: NCM installer stops firewalld/iptables service but doesn't not restart after installation

Products

• VMware

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:
NCM installer stops firewalld/iptables service but doesn't not restart after installation

Environment

VMware Smart Assurance - NCM

Cause

NCM stops the firewalld / iptables service so that the required ports used by NCM are not Interrupted during installation, causing communication issues/installation failures.

Resolution

Refer NCM Security Configuration guide for the ports needed to be open for NCM operations. If the required ports are permitted, firewalld/iptables can be started manually after NCM installation.

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Smart-Assurance/10.1.4/ncm-security-configuration-guide-1014.pdf