VMware NSX-T PowerPack Release Notes version 101

Version 101 of the VMware: NSX-T PowerPack updates the PowerPack to Python3, adds multiple Dynamic Applications, updates multiple existing Dynamic Applications, and more.

  • Minimum Required SL1 Version: 11.3.0

Before You Install or Upgrade

Ensure that you are running version 11.3.0 or later of SL1 before installing "VMware: NSX-T" PowerPack version 101.

For details on upgrading SL1, see the relevant SL1 Platform Release Notes.

Installation Process

If you are currently using the Dynamic Applications in this PowerPack to monitor devices, collection errors might occur for one or two polling cycles during the installation of a new version. To prevent collection errors during an upgrade, you can optionally disable collection for monitored devices before performing the following steps and re-enable collection after the upgrade.

To install this PowerPack:

  1. Search for and download the PowerPack from the PowerPacks page (Product Downloads > PowerPacks & SyncPacks) at the ScienceLogic Support Site.
  2. In SL1, go to the PowerPacks page (System > Manage > PowerPacks).
  3. Click the Actions menu and choose Import PowerPack. The Import PowerPack modal appears.
  4. Click Browse and navigate to the PowerPack file from step 1.
  5. Select the PowerPack file and click Import. The PowerPack Installer modal displays a list of the PowerPack contents.
  6. Click Install. The PowerPack is added to the PowerPack Manager page.

Upgrade Process

To upgrade the PowerPack, perform the following steps:

  1. Familiarize yourself with the Known Issues for this release.
  2. See the Before You Install or Upgrade section. If you have not done so already, upgrade your system to the 11.3.0 or later release.
  3. Go to the Support Site and download version 101 of the PowerPack to a local computer.
  4. Go to the PowerPack Manager page (System > Manage > PowerPacks). Click the Actions menu and choose Import PowerPack. Import the PowerPack version 101. For details on importing PowerPacks, see the chapter on Installing a PowerPack in the PowerPacks manual.
  5. Click the Install button. For details on installing PowerPacks, see the chapter on Installing a PowerPack in the PowerPacks manual.
  6. Manually align the "VMware: NSX-T IC Interface Inventory" and "VMware: NSX-T IC Interface Performance" Dynamic Applications to the root device.

For instructions on manually aligning a Dynamic Applications, see the section on "Manually Aligning a Dynamic Application to a Device" in the Device Management manual.

Features

This release includes the following features:

  • A sample credential that you can use as a template to connect to the VMware NSX-T devices you want to monitor
  • Dynamic Applications to discover and monitor VMware NSX-T devices
  • Device Classes for each type of VMware NSX-T component device SL1 monitors
  • Event Policies that are triggered when VMware NSX-T component devices meet certain status criteria
  • A Device Template that enables you to easily align multiple Dynamic Applications to VMware NSX-T devices

Enhancements and Issues Addressed

The following enhancements and addressed issues are included this release of the "VMware: NSX-T":

  • Updated the PowerPack to Python 3.

  • Added the "VMware NSX-T: Example Credential" to the PowerPack.
  • Updated the "VMware NSX-T Transport Node Configuration" Dynamic Application poll rate to 30 minutes.

  • Addressed an issue with the "VMware NSX-T Transport Node Config" Dynamic Application that prevented Node Deployment Info or Tags data from collecting properly.

This Dynamic Application is aligned to either edge node or transport node devices. There is no data for Node Deployment Info (Deployment Type, VC ID) or Tags (Scope, Value) for transport node devices. As a result, this data will not be available for transport node devices.

  • Updated the "VMware NSX-T: Tier 0 Gateway Configuration" and "VMware NSX-T Tier 1 Gateway Configuration" Dynamic Applications to use the Device Name rather than the Display Name when identifying component devices.

To reflect this update, you must uncheck the "Preserve Hostname" option for all tier 0 and tier 1 gateway devices. This option is found on the Device Properties page (Registry > Devices > wrench icon).

  • Added the "VMware NSX-T Virtual Server Performance" Dynamic Application to the PowerPack.

  • Added two internal collection Dynamic Applications: "VMware NSX-T IC Interface Inventory" and "VMware NSX-T IC Interface Performance", which are automatically aligned to the root device upon discovery.

SSL certificate verification is enabled by default for these two IC Dynamic Applications. If verification is not possible (or wanted) you will need to manually disable that functionality by setting the appropriate flag to "False" in the snippet of each Dynamic Application."

  • Updated alerts for the "VMware NSX-T BGP Neighbors Config" Dynamic Application to use the "ESTABLISHED" connection state.

  • Added the "VMware NSX-T Transport Node BFD Tunnel Config" Dynamic Application, which monitors the BFD (Bidirectional Forwarding Detection) tunnels between virtual machines.

A VMware NSX-T BFD (Bidirectional Forwarding Detection) tunnel, often referred to as a BFD session, is a component within the NSX-T (NSX for multi-hypervisor and container environments) networking and security platform. BFD is a standardized network protocol used for rapid detection of failures in the communication path between two devices, typically network routers or gateways.

  • Updated the following Dynamic Applications to work with the latest version of the Snippet Framework:

    • VMware NSX-T Appliance Interface Config

    • VMware NSX-T Appliance Interface Performance

    • VMware NSX-T Edge Node Non-Clustered Discovery

    • VMware NSX-T Load Balancer Performance

    • VMware NSX-T Tier 0 Gateway Discovery

    • VMware NSX-T Tier 0 Gateway Interface Performance

    • VMware NSX-T Transport Node Interface Performance

    • VMware NSX-T Virtual Server Performance

  • Added a troubleshooting script to the "silo_nsxt" library.

  • Updated the “VMware NSX-T Transport Node Interface Performance” Dynamic Application to no longer align to Edge devices. This Dynamic Application only aligns to Transport Node devices.

  • Added the new "VMware NSX-T Edge Node Interface Performance" Dynamic Application to the PowerPack, which only aligns to Edge devices.

Before upgrading from version 100 to 101 of this PowerPack, you must remove the "VMware NSX-T Transport Node Interface Performance" Dynamic Application. In v100 of the PowerPack this Dynamic Application aligned to both Edge and Transport Node devices.

Known Issues

The following known issues affect version 101 of the VMware: NSX-T PowerPack: