ESXi Host events log flooded with - User [email protected] logged in as pyvmoni Python/3.8.18

Products

• VMware NSX

Issue/Introduction

• You have upgraded NSX to 4.1. X version. 
• After the upgrade, the ESXi Host events log was flooded with the following:
  

  User [email protected] logged in as pyvmoni Python/3.8.18 (VMkernel 8.02, x86_64)
  User [email protected] logged logged out (login time : Friday MM DD, YYYY hh:mm:ss PM SGT, number of API invocations 9, user agent pyvmomi Python/3.8.18 (VMkernel; 8.0.2 x86_64)Support information are providing below.

• /var/run/log/hostd.log similar entries are seen.  
  

  YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.292Z In(166) Hostd[2103675]: [Originator@6876 sub=Vimsvc.ha-eventmgr opID=a9####7f sid=52####ef] Event 11904 : User [email protected] logged in as pyvmomi Python/3.8.18 (VMkernel; 8.0.2; x86_64)
  YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.190Z In(166) Hostd[2103699]: [Originator@6876 sub=Vimsvc.ha-eventmgr reason=Timeout expired] Event 11905 : User [email protected] logged out (login time: Tuesday, DD MM, YYYY hh:mm:ss AM, number of API invocations: 9, user agent: pyvmomi Python/3.8.18 (VMkernel; 8.0.2; x86_64))
  YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.391Z In(166) Hostd[2103694]: [Originator@6876 sub=Vimsvc.ha-eventmgr opID=a9####7a sid=52####47] Event 11906 : User [email protected] logged in as pyvmomi Python/3.8.18 (VMkernel; 8.0.2; x86_64)
  YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.230Z In(166) Hostd[2103685]: [Originator@6876 sub=Vimsvc.ha-eventmgr reason=Timeout expired] Event 11910 : User [email protected] logged out (login time: Tuesday, DD MM, YYYY hh:mm:ss AM, number of API invocations: 9, user agent: pyvmomi Python/3.8.18 (VMkernel; 8.0.2; x86_64))
  YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.450Z In(166) Hostd[2103704]: [Originator@6876 sub=Vimsvc.ha-eventmgr opID=a9####30 sid=52####52] Event 11911 : User [email protected] logged in as pyvmomi Python/3.8.18 (VMkernel; 8.0.2; x86_64)
  YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.330Z In(166) Hostd[2103691]: [Originator@6876 sub=Vimsvc.ha-eventmgr reason=Timeout expired] Event 11912 : User [email protected] logged out (login time: Tuesday, DD MM, YYYY hh:mm:ss AM, number of API invocations: 9, user agent: pyvmomi Python/3.8.18 (VMkernel; 8.0.2; x86_64))

Environment

• VMware NSX
• VMware vSphere ESXi 

Cause

This is caused by an issue with the nsx-exporter service.

Resolution

This issue is resolved in VMware NSX 4.2, available at Broadcom Support Portal Downloads.
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Additional Information

Within the document NSX 4.2.0 Release Notes, please find inside the "Resolved Issues" section:  
Fixed Issue 3292111: Quick roll over of logs due to frequent login and logout events.  There is no impact on functionality.