Stale expired certificate in NSX Manager causing upgrade failure

Products

• VMware NSX
• VCF - MCOE - ARIA
• VCF - MCOE - SDDC
• VCF EOD

Issue/Introduction

• VCF upgrade from  VCF 4.5.2.0 on VxRail 7.0.531 to Target Version: VCF 5.2.1.1 on VxRail 8.0.322
• The upgrade stalls in the NSX upgrade portion.The error message is:

or:

Description Upgrade - NSX_T_MANAGER <NSX Manager Node Name>
Progress Messages Certificate Validity Checks: 
The certificate with id <      Certificate ID     > failed to parse with error: null. Please delete (if unused) or replace this certificate prior to upgrading., 
The certificate with id <      Certificate ID     > failed to parse with error: null. Please delete (if unused) or replace this certificate prior to upgrading., 
The certificate with id <      Certificate ID     > failed to parse with error: null. Please delete (if unused) or replace this certificate prior to upgrading., 
The certificate with id <      Certificate ID     > failed to parse with error: null. Please delete (if unused) or replace this certificate prior to upgrading.]: <NSX Manager Node Name>, <NSX Manager Node Name>, <NSX Manager Node Name>

Environment

VCF 

Resolution

Refer to Scripted process to Replace Expired or Self-signed VMware NSX-T Manager Certificates with VMCA-Signed Certificates(317900)