NSX - Error extracting host profiles: "Extract is not allowed for a vnic directly connected to a dvs"

Products

• VMware NSX

Issue/Introduction

• You are unable to extract a host profile of an ESXi configured for NSX.
• The following error is displayed:
  Please extract profile from a host that has a vnic attached to a dvPortgroup. Extract is not allowed for a vnic directly connected to a dvs
• The following error is observed in vCenter /var/log/vmware/vpxd/vpxd.log:

2024-12-05T11:09:23.001Z info vpxd[15841] [Originator@6876 sub=Default opID=m3zs3xs7-524052-auto-b8d1-h5:70056324-d] [VpxLRO] -- ERROR task-979656 -- HostProfileManager -- vim.profile.ProfileManager.createProfile: vmodl.fault.InvalidArgument:
--> Result:
--> (vmodl.fault.InvalidArgument) {
-->    faultCause = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,
-->    faultMessage = (vmodl.LocalizableMessage) [
-->       (vmodl.LocalizableMessage) {
-->          key = "com.vmware.vim.profile.net.StandaloneVnicOnDvsNotAllowed",
-->          arg = <unset>,
-->          message = "com.vmware.vim.profile.net.StandaloneVnicOnDvsNotAllowed"
-->       }
-->    ],

 

Environment

vSphere 7.x, 8.x

NSX

Cause

The systemOwned flag of NSX vmknic (VTEP) is unset

Resolution

If you believe you have encountered this issue, please open a support case with Broadcom Support and refer to this KB article.

For more information, see Creating and managing Broadcom support cases.