This issue occurs if the release date field in the vmware.xml file of the metadata.zip file is not in the date/time format. When using VMware Update Manager 4.1, the release date field must be in the date/time format.
For example, the correct format of the release date field is <releaseDate>YYYY-MM-DDT00:00:00-00:00</releaseDate>. You experience this issue if the release date field is in the <releaseDate>MM-DD-YYYY</releaseDate> format.
To resolve this issue:
- Check for a more recent update bundle from VMware or vendor.
- Manually edit the XML file and update the <releaseDate> field. To edit the file:
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- Extract the offline bundle and open the metadata.zip > vmware.xml metadata file.
- Open vmware.xml with Notepad and locate the xml tag - <releaseDate>
- Locate the old release date format MM-DD-YYYY.
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Edit the release date format to YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:ss. You can rearrange the date format and then append T00:00:00 for the time. For example:
Incompatible format: 07-31-2009
Updated format: 2009-07-31T00:00:00
- Save the file into metadata.zip and import the offline bundle