ESXi host prepared for NSX does not connect with vcenter after upgrade from ESXi 7.0 to 8.0, host UI page returns "no healthy upstream" and hostd process is stopped

Products

• VMware NSX
• VMware vSphere ESXi 8.0

Issue/Introduction

• After ESXi hosts are upgraded from 7.0.3 to 8.0 P05, the hosts were unable to connect with vcenter.  The ESXi hosts were prepared for NSX 4.2.2 and were reachable via SSH.
• The Host UI page was not loading and the error "no healthy upstream" was reported while accessing vSphere as below
  
• When checking the Distributed Virtual Switch (DVS) on the ESXi using the below command  , forwardingMode property is set before vdl2.enabled.   
                  net-dvs -l | grep com.vmware.nsx
                com.vmware.nsx.vdl2.enabled = true ,    propType = CONFIG
                com.vmware.nsx.vdr.dvptracking =  ,     propType = CONFIG POLICY
                com.vmware.nsx.spf.enabled = true ,     propType = CONFIG
                com.vmware.nsx.kcp.enable = true ,      propType = CONFIG
                com.vmware.nsxData.traceflow.enabled = true ,   propType = CONFIG
                com.vmware.nsx.vdsSecurity.enabled = false ,    propType = CONFIG
                com.vmware.nsx.vdl2.tepIPv6AssignType =  ,      propType = CONFIG
                com.vmware.nsxData.vdl2.forwardingMode = 0x 0. 0. 0. 1
                com.vmware.nsx.vxlan.vmknic = 0x 0. 1.2c. 1
                  
  
  
  

Environment

ESXi 8.0 P05

NSX 4.2.2.0 

Cause

During ESXi upgrade, the order of setting parameters "com.vmware.nsxData.vdl2.forwardingMode", "com.vmware.nsx.vdl2.enabled" on DVS got disorganized.

Here "com.vmware.nsxData.vdl2.forwardingMode" got set before "com.vmware.nsx.vdl2.enabled" and therefore causing the failure.

 

Resolution

This issue is resolved in VMware NSX  4.2.3 , available at Broadcom downloads.

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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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