Hosts will not remediate updates, and VMs will not vmotion when putting a host in maintenance 
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Hosts will not remediate updates, and VMs will not vmotion when putting a host in maintenance 

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Article ID: 432301

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Products

VMware NSX

Issue/Introduction

The host fails with the error when trying to apply patch: "VMware vSphere Lifecycle Manager had an unknown error. Check the events and log files for details"

Entering a host into maintenance mode, idoes not complete because no VMs will migrate away from the host.  It fail with:  "Currently connected network interface" 'Network adapter #' uses network 'DVSwitch[## ## ## ## #x ## ## ##-## ## ## ## #x ## xx ##] NSX port group [dvportgroup-114](nsxa down)', which is not accessible."

All hosts are disconnected in the NSX manager UI .  VMs are running normal, but it there is a disconnect between ESXI and NSX.

Environment

NSX 4.x

Resolution

Follow the steps from the following kbs:
Using Certificate Analyzer, Results and Recovery (CARR) Script to fix certificate related issues in NSX

Host Disconnected after certificate expiration and replacement, Transport Nodes connection status is timing out at 48%. ("Waiting for Connection to Managers")