NSX Data Source in Aria Operations For Networks (AON) displays error: Data Collection failed due to an error.

Products

• VCF Operations for Networks
• VMware NSX

Issue/Introduction

• From within AON the NSX Data Source shows error:
  
  Data collection failed due to an error
  
  
• AON collector logs shows the following error.
  
  /var/log/arkin/collector/latest.log
[Timestamp] ERROR dataprovider.utils.HttpUtils collector-process-msg-exec-10 checkCodeAndThrow:53 Could not get response for /policy/api/v1/infra/ipfix-dfw-profiles/global, status 400
[Timestamp] ERROR dataprovider.utils.HttpUtils collector-process-msg-exec-10 checkStatusAndThrow:41 API /policy/api/v1/infra/ipfix-dfw-profiles/global error response {
  "httpStatus" : "BAD_REQUEST",
  "error_code" : 500045,
  "module_name" : "Policy",
  "error_message" : "An object with the same path=[/infra/ipfix-dfw-profiles/global] is marked for deletion. Either use another path or wait for the purge cycle (max 5 minutes) for permanent removal of the object."
}
  
  
  
• From within NSX UI, the profile is greyed out.
  
  Planning & Troubleshooting > IPFIX > Firewall IPFIX Profiles
  
  
• Disabling data collection on NSX Data Source within AON does not remove the IPFIX profile in NSX.

Environment

VMware NSX-T Data Center 3.2.x
VMware Aria Operations for Networks

Resolution

This is a known issue impacting VMware NSX-T Data Center 3.2.x.

If you believe you have encountered this issue, please open a support case with Broadcom Support and refer to this KB article.

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