Failed to enable vSphere HA for cluster with error "Cannot find metadata for VIB(s)"

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

• Enable vSphere HA for a cluster failed.
  
  
• /var/log/vmware/vmware-updatemgr/vum-server/vum-server.log errors on vCenter:

<Date-Time> error vmware-vum-server[00351] [Originator@6876 sub=ClusterApplyHATask] [Task, 457] Task:com.vmware.vcIntegrity.lifecycle.ClusterApplyHATask ID:<UUID>. Host HA apply task(<UUID>) failed on host(host-2016) with error:Error:

-->  com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.error

--> Messages:

-->  com.vmware.vcIntegrity.lifecycle.EsxImage.MissingVibError<Cannot find metadata for VIB(s) Marvell_bootbank_qlnativefc_4.1.14.0-1OEM.700.1.0.15843807 in database or depot.>

-->

Environment

VMware vSphere ESX

Cause

ESX vib is missing from vLCM depot.

Resolution

When you set up an image, you select an ESXi version and a vendor add-on from the vSphere Lifecycle Manager depot. If no ESXi base images and vendor add-ons are available in the vSphere Lifecycle Manager depot, you must populate the depot with software updates by synchronizing the depot or uploading updates to the depot manually. For detail information about the corresponding procedures, see Synchronize the vSphere Lifecycle Manager Depot and Import Updates to the vSphere Lifecycle Manager Depot.

Make sure the ESXi host is compliant to the image you set for the cluster.