Unable to delete Switch IPFIX Profile from NSX UI.

Products

• VMware NSX

Issue/Introduction

• A segment is configured as a source for a Switch IPFIX profile.
• The profile and its associated segments are no longer deleted, so the necessary IPFIX profile must be deleted.
• While deleting it, the following error is reported:
• " Cannot delete profile <IPFIX-Switch-Profile> as it has 1 association(s) in 'Applied To' field. Please remove all the association(s) and try again. "

Switch IPFIX Profile:

• The 'Applied To' do not report any Segment/Segment Port/Group connected in NSX UI.

• Due to this, the IPFIX profile cannot be deleted until and unless the assigned port/segment/group is removed from the profile.

 

Environment

VMware NSX 4.x
VMware NSX Data Center 3.x

Cause

The segment was deleted before the IPFIX profile was removed, causing a stale entry for the required profile.
As a result, NSX continues to show an entry associated with the profile.

Resolution

• It is not recommended to delete a segment that is being used as a source for an monitoring, before removing it from the configured Switch IPFIX profile.
• This would prevent any stale entries from being created for the profile that might cause issues later.
• Once the segment has been removed from the IPFIX profile it was associated with, it can then be removed as per the requirement.

If a segment has been deleted before removing from the Switch profile, please reach out to Broadcom Support team for assistance.