"NSX Load Balancer will be Deprecated" warning in vCloud Director

Products

• VMware NSX

Issue/Introduction

• Warning in vCloud Director UI about "NSX Load Balancer will be Deprecated".
• The NSX Load Balancer is being used in load balancing internal VMware components, such as vCloud Director cells.

Environment

VMware NSX

Cause

VMware intends to deprecate the built-in NSX load balancer and recommends customers migrate to NSX Advanced Load Balancer (Avi) as soon as practical. 

Resolution

As per the NSX 4.1.2.0 release notes, the support for the built-in NSX load balancer for customers using NSX 4.x will remain for the duration of the NSX 4.x release series. Details are described in the Broadcom Product Lifecycle Matrix. Broadcom does not intend to provide support for the built-in NSX load balancer beyond the last NSX 4.x release. 

Additional Information

NSX 4.1.2.0 release notes