Maximum Capacity alarm in NSX Manager.

Products

• VMware NSX Networking

Issue/Introduction

Title: Alarm for capacity.maximum_capacity
Event ID: capacity.maximum_capacity
Alarm Description

• Purpose: The purpose of this alarm is to inform the user that the number of objects of the specified type defined in the system is above the supported limit.
• Impact: Expect to see unexpected error in system, for example, out of memory issue etc.

Environment

VMware NSX-T Data Center

Resolution

Steps to Resolve
For 3.0.0 and higher

 

This Alarm is automatically resolved once the the number of objects of the specified type defined comes down. Navigate to the capacity page under the NSX overview UI of respective feature (i.e. Networking, Security, Inventory and System) and review current usage versus and review current usage. Review the network policies configured to decrease usage.

 

Maintenance window required for remediation. Maybe. Decreasing the policies to reduce usage may require a maintenance window.

Additional Information

ConfigMax page for object's limitations: https://configmax.esp.vmware.com/guest?vmwareproduct=VMware%20NSX&release=NSX%204.1.2&categories=17-30,17-31,17-133,16-0,18-37,18-46,18-32,18-33,19-47,19-34,19-36,19-120,19-35,19-64,20-0,21-48,21-49,22-0,31-66,31-50,31-44,34-59,34-61,34-62,34-63,74-65,74-87,74-88,74-89,74-90,74-91,74-92,74-113