ESXi bundles not available in Bundle Management section of the SDDC Manager UI

Products

• VMware SDDC Manager

Issue/Introduction

ESXi Bundles are not listed in the Bundle Management UI, this could cause challenges downloading the bundles. 

 

Environment

VCF 4.x

VCF 5.x 

Cause

A logic gap in the bundle filtering is causing the issue.

Resolution

This is a known issue and is resolved in the following versions:
VCF 5.2.0 and VCF 5.2.1

Workaround: 

1. Download the bundle through the API Explorer using the following API and payload:
   
   
   1. 1. Go to the Developer Center.
      2. Open the API Explorer.
      3. Filter for "v1/bundles".
      4. Click "PATCH" and provide the bundle ID and bundle update specification (bundleUpdateSpec) with the payload as below 

   {
"bundleDownloadSpec": {
"downloadNow": true
},
"compatibilitySetsFilePath": ""
}

   

2. To find the bundle ID:
   
   
   1. 1. 1. Navigate to the Developer Center.
         2. Open the API Explorer.
         3. Filter for “v1/bundles”.
         4. Click “GET” and EXECUTE
         5. From the result Look for the ESXi bundle with the right target version, which will be in a “pending” state.
         6. Use the Id of that bundle object

   

   
   
   
3. Once the bundle downloaded it will be visible in Download History Page.