API rate limit reverts to default after upgrading from 3.2.3.x to a higher version.

Products

• VMware NSX

Issue/Introduction

• Before the upgrade the API rate limit for the NSX managers was manually changed from 100/s to X/s.

          Before upgrade:
          Events reported in the logs:

          "client_api_rate_limit": X,

• However, after the upgrade the rate limit on the managers reverted to 100/s.

          After upgrade:
          Events reported in the logs:

          "client_api_rate_limit": 100,

Environment

VMware NSX
VMware Data Center

Cause

This is a known issue encountered after upgrading NSX from 3.2.3.x to a higher version and the fix will be available in the upcoming releases.

Resolution

As workaround following command can be used to set the API rate limit on the NSX managers after the upgrade:
set service http client-api-rate-limit X