NSX Backup Schedule automatically re-enables after being disabled in the UI

Products

• VMware SDDC Manager
• VMware Cloud Foundation

Issue/Introduction

When the backup schedule is disabled in the NSX UI, the setting reverts (rolls back) to the enabled state after approximately 5 minutes.

Environment

VCF 9.0.1

Cause

This issue occurs because SDDC Manager periodically checks the backup configuration (every 5 minutes). 
If SDDC Manager detects that the NSX backup schedule is disabled, it automatically resume (re-enables) the schedule to enforce the configuration.

Resolution

This issue was fixed in VCF 9.0.2.

Workaround

To work around this issue, modify the SDDC Manager configuration to disable this enforcement behavior.

1. Log in to the SDDC Manager appliance via SSH as the vcf user and switch to the root user.
       su -
2. Open the following configuration file.
       vim /opt/vmware/vcf/lcm/lcm-app/conf/application-prod.properties
3. Append the following parameter to the end of the file:
       lcm.nsxt.backup.wait.timeout=0
4. Save and close the file. 
5. Restart Lifecycle Management service.
       systemctl restart lcm