Failed to refresh the edge transport node configuration due to audit username and password validations.

Products

• VMware NSX

Issue/Introduction

• The "Failed to refresh the transport node configuration" is encountered:

[Fabric] Provide audit username together with corresponding password property. For audit user, specify either both username and password properties or none. The audit user will be disabled when the username and password are not specified.

• If you see an error "Edge Node Mismatch alarm: Failed to refresh the transport node configuration: [Fabric] Password for the following user(s) do not follow complexity rules" - Please refer to the Edge Node Mismatch alarm: "Failed to refresh the transport node configuration: [Fabric] Password for the following user(s) <user> do not follow complexity rules"

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Environment

VMware NSX-T Data Center 3.2.x

VMware NSX 4.1.x

Cause

• In the earlier versions of VMware NSX-T data center, pre VMware NSX-T data center 2.5, the password requirements were not as stringent as they are in the later versions.
• Since VMware NSX-T data center 3.2, there are new validation checks for operations carried out on the edge node in vCenter, these lead to an edge node mismatch alarm being generated, which indicates that vCenter and VMware NSX-T data center do not have the same information about the edge.
• This alarm is generated to allow this mismatch to be corrected.
• This issue (unable to resolve the mismatch alarm) occurs when a weak password exists in the VMware NSX-T data center DB for the edge node, thus preventing the operation to correct the mismatch, the edge node redeploy, as the password held in the corfu DB is weaker than the password requirements for the edge node.

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Resolution

This issue is resolved in VMware NSX-T Data Center 3.2.4 and  VMware NSX 4.1.2, available at Broadcom downloads.

Workaround

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

For more information, see Creating and managing Broadcom support cases

Script Settings

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Additional Information

Script Settings

Minutes to Remind:
Hours to Remind:
Auto Refresh Interval (seconds):
Auto Refresh:
Auto Check-In:
Check-In Time:
Check-Out Time:
Template File:
Save

Open Trumbowyg

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