Deploying a new Edge cluster using the SDDC manager UI fails at 'Ensure Edge Node NSX VDS Uplink values are Present' subtask

Products

• VMware SDDC Manager

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

 

• When attempting to Deploy the new Edge cluster using the UI the task fails with the following error:
  
  Description: Ensure Edge Node NSX VDS Uplink Values are Present

  Progress Messages: Cannot determine default NSX enabled VDS uplinks: please specify firstNsxVdsUplink and secondNsxVdsUplink properties for each Edge node.
Error
Message: Cannot determine default NSX enabled VDS uplinks: please specify firstNsxVdsUplink and secondNsxVdsUplink properties for each Edge node.

  
  
  
• SDDC manager Logs contains errors similar to the excerpt below:
  
  

  ERROR [vcf_dm,e3471e85dc71060b,7ac2] [c.v.e.s.o.model.error.ErrorFactory,dm-exec-9]  [3V0G2M] CANNOT_DETERMINE
_DEFAULT_CVDS_UPLINKS Cannot determine default NSX enabled VDS uplinks: please specify firstNsxVdsUplink and secondNsxVdsUplink properties
for each Edge node.
com.vmware.evo.sddc.orchestrator.exceptions.OrchTaskException: Cannot determine default NSX enabled VDS uplinks: please specify firstNsxVds
Uplink and secondNsxVdsUplink properties for each Edge node.
        at com.vmware.vcf.nsxtedgeclustermanager.helper.NsxtEdgeClusterValidationUtil.defaultCvdsUplinksFromTnps(NsxtEdgeClusterValidationU
til.java:2375)
        at com.vmware.vcf.nsxtedgeclustermanager.fsm.actions.EnsureEdgeNodeSpecNsxVdsUplinksAction.execute(EnsureEdgeNodeSpecNsxVdsUplinksA
ction.java:81)
  
  

Environment

SDDC Manager 5.x
SDDC Manager 4.x

Cause

This issue can occur when the vDS name had been changed from the vSphere Client.

 

 

Resolution

Submit a full Edge creation spec directly via the Edge creation API and explicitly give the uplinks to use for each Edge node.

Make sure to add the properties firstNsxVdsUplink and secondNsxVdsUplink in each Edge node spec.

 

Additional Information

VMware Cloud Foundation API: NsxTEdgeNodeSpec