Bundle precheck for ESXi fails on workload domains

Products

• VMware Cloud Foundation

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

• Running precheck multiple time with ESX bundle applicable on workload domain (NSX-V /NSX-T) fails with error message:

• In the LCM log, you see message similar to:

2021-04-04T15:48:31.547+0000 ERROR [0000000000000000,0000,precheckId=3a471acf-4107-4ee1-a760-f688d3d62df1,resourceType=BUNDLE,resourceId=4e388e85-aa48-4ca8-a064-6510f5f19571] [c.v.e.s.l.p.i.e.EsxVumUpdateStageRunnerImpl,pool-2-thread-16] Failed to scan host:
java.lang.NullPointerException: null
        at com.vmware.evo.sddc.lcm.primitive.impl.esx.EsxVumUpdateStageRunnerImpl.doScan(EsxVumUpdateStageRunnerImpl.java:1636)
        at com.vmware.evo.sddc.lcm.primitive.impl.esx.EsxVumUpdateStageRunnerImpl.doClusterScan(EsxVumUpdateStageRunnerImpl.java:693)
        at com.vmware.evo.sddc.lcm.primitive.impl.esx.EsxVumUpdateStageRunnerImpl.precheckUploadAndScan(EsxVumUpdateStageRunnerImpl.java:628)
        at com.vmware.evo.sddc.lcm.primitive.impl.esx.EsxVumUpdateStageRunnerImpl.doBundlePrecheck(EsxVumUpdateStageRunnerImpl.java:577)

 

Environment

VMware Cloud Foundation 3.10.1.0
VMware Cloud Foundation 3.10.1.1
VMware Cloud Foundation 3.10.1.2
VMware Cloud Foundation 3.10.0.0

Resolution

This issue is resolved in VMware Cloud Foundation 3.10.2.

Workaround:
Proceed with applying ESXi upgrade if this is the only error reported by precheck on workload domains.