When upgrading from VCF 4.X instances to VCF 4.5, the configuration drift bundle application i.e the third party upgrade fails at VIP installation stage.
NOTE : The preceding log excerpts are only examples.Date,time and environmental variables may vary depending on your environment
We see log entries similar to:
/var/log/vmware/vcf/lcm/thirdparty/upgrades/<upgrade_id>/vcf-platform/upgrade:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/var/log/vmware/vcf/lcm/thirdparty/bundles/b984c5e4-167a-4886-8f23-be34c9176ca9/thirdparty/vcf-platform-upgrade/bin/vcf_platform_upgrade.py.copy", line 494, in <module>
upgrade_workflow()
File "/var/log/vmware/vcf/lcm/thirdparty/bundles/b984c5e4-167a-4886-8f23-be34c9176ca9/thirdparty/vcf-platform-upgrade/bin/vcf_platform_upgrade.py.copy", line 106, in upgrade_workflow
errmsg=cap_update_status["message"])
File "/var/log/vmware/vcf/lcm/thirdparty/bundles/b984c5e4-167a-4886-8f23-be34c9176ca9/thirdparty/vcf-platform-upgrade/bin/../../wrapper.py", line 168, in update_status
raise Exception
..
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2022-10-27 09:24:23,820: ERROR: Failed to update VCF Services and Photon rpms in SDDC Manager
2022-10-27 09:24:23,893: INFO:
2022-10-27 09:24:23,893: INFO: RC: 1, OUT:
2022-10-27 09:24:23,893: INFO: ERR: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/var/log/vmware/vcf/lcm/thirdparty/bundles/b984c5e4-167a-4886-8f23-be34c9176ca9/thirdparty/vcf-platform-upgrade/bin/vcf_platform_upgrade.py.copy", line 494, in <module>
upgrade_workflow()
File "/var/log/vmware/vcf/lcm/thirdparty/bundles/b984c5e4-167a-4886-8f23-be34c9176ca9/thirdparty/vcf-platform-upgrade/bin/vcf_platform_upgrade.py.copy", line 106, in upgrade_workflow
errmsg=cap_update_status["message"])
File "/var/log/vmware/vcf/lcm/thirdparty/bundles/b984c5e4-167a-4886-8f23-be34c9176ca9/thirdparty/vcf-platform-upgrade/bin/../../wrapper.py", line 168, in update_status
raise Exception
2022/10/27 09:21:49.817860 task_progress.go:24: Installing RPMs
2022/10/27 09:21:49.822956 installer.go:123: RPM installation logs will be written to /var/log/vmware/capengine/cap-update/install-20221027092149
2022/10/27 09:21:49.822974 installer.go:124: Rebuilding RPM database
2022/10/27 09:21:50.359787 installer.go:131: Checking RPMs validity
2022/10/27 09:21:51.551537 installer.go:139: Installing RPMs
2022/10/27 09:24:08.549872 installer.go:143: Failed to execute command: chroot /storage/alt_root /bin/bash << EOF
rpm -Uvvh --force --nodeps --nodigest /storage/da1568f5-9581-4e02-b74a-ad47889d1d2a/stage/*.rpm >> /var/log/vmware/capengine/cap-update/install-2022102709214
9 2>&1
EOF. Output: , Error: exit status 251
2022/10/27 09:24:08.549932 install_plugin.go:61: Failed to install RPMs. Error: exit status 251
2022/10/27 09:24:08.549947 installer.go:301: Unmounting devices from /storage/alt_root
2022/10/27 09:24:08.549958 installer.go:305: Executing command: umount -l /storage/alt_root/data
2022/10/27 09:24:08.575901 installer.go:305: Executing command: umount -l /storage/alt_root/opt/vmware/vcf
2022/10/27 09:24:08.595730 installer.go:305: Executing command: umount -l /storage/alt_root/var/log/vmware
2022/10/27 09:24:08.623721 installer.go:305: Executing command: umount -l /storage/alt_root/boot
2022/10/27 09:24:08.651774 installer.go:305: Executing command: umount -l /storage/alt_root/nfs/vmware/vcf/nfs-mount
2022/10/27 09:24:08.679920 installer.go:305: Executing command: umount -l /storage/alt_root/home/backup/nfs/vmware/vcf/nfs-mount/backup
2022/10/27 09:24:08.703801 installer.go:313: Unmounting dev, proc, sys
2022/10/27 09:24:08.771811 installer.go:325: Finished unmounting
2022/10/27 09:24:08.778045 workflow_manager.go:198: Task install failed. Error: failed to install RPM
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