vRealize Suite/Aria Lifecycle Manager deployment is not available because install bundle for version 8.xx.x-xxxxxxxxx is not downloaded.

Products

• VMware SDDC Manager

Issue/Introduction

• Unable to deploy Aria Lifecyle Manager from SDDC Manager
• Aria Lifecyle Manager bundle shows as downloaded and active in the Bundle Management Tab.

Similar error is observed in the vcf-commonsvcs.log

/var/log/vmware/vcf/commonsvcs/vcf-commonsvcs.log
2024-06-20T19:20:42.326+0000 INFO  [common,fcdcf19ae8f71a38,ff89] [c.v.v.v.s.h.i.ImageManagementHelperImpl,http-nio-127.0.0.1-7100-exec-1] Could not find vRSLCM OVA in /home/vcf/.
2024-06-20T19:20:42.326+0000 INFO  [common,fcdcf19ae8f71a38,ff89] [c.v.v.v.s.h.i.ImageManagementHelperImpl,http-nio-127.0.0.1-7100-exec-1] Searching for VRSLCM version 8.16.0-23377566
2024-06-20T19:20:42.349+0000 INFO  [common,fcdcf19ae8f71a38,ff89] [c.v.v.v.s.h.i.ImageManagementHelperImpl,http-nio-127.0.0.1-7100-exec-1] getting image from /nfs/vmware/vcf/nfs-mount/bundle/af14d0d2-0d25
-4d88-a511-2bee7de55392/bundle-110346/vrslcm_install for product type VRSLCM
2024-06-20T19:20:42.350+0000 ERROR [common,fcdcf19ae8f71a38,ff89] [c.v.v.v.s.h.i.ImageManagementHelperImpl,http-nio-127.0.0.1-7100-exec-1] No VRSLCM ova file in /home/vcf/
2024-06-20T19:20:42.350+0000 INFO  [common,fcdcf19ae8f71a38,ff89] [c.v.v.v.s.h.i.ImageManagementHelperImpl,http-nio-127.0.0.1-7100-exec-1] Could not find vRSLCM OVA in /home/vcf/.
2024-06-20T19:20:42.351+0000 ERROR [common,fcdcf19ae8f71a38,ff89] [c.v.v.v.s.h.i.ImageManagementHelperImpl,http-nio-127.0.0.1-7100-exec-1] No VRSLCM ova file in /nfs/vmware/vcf/nfs-mount/bundle/af14d0d2-0
d25-4d88-a511-2bee7de55392/bundle-110346/vrslcm_install



The vrslcm/status API returns a similar output. 

curl localhost/commonsvcs/vrealize/vrslcm/status | jq

{
  "state": "NOT_DEPLOYED",
  "operations": {
    "deploy": {
      "state": "NOT_AVAILABLE",
      "message": "vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager deployment is not available because install bundle for version 8.16.0-23377566 is not downloaded.",
      "code": "BUNDLE_DOWNLOAD"
    },
    "rollback": {
      "state": "NOT_AVAILABLE"
    }
  }
}

Environment

VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5.1
VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0

Cause

Starting in the Aria 8.12 release the OVA file name has changed from vRSLCM to Aria Lifecyle Manager. The name change affects the deployment logic in SDDC Manager. 

Resolution

Issue is fixed in VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1.

Workaround:

1. Remove any Aria bundles (8.12+ or higher) with the bundle_cleanup_utility.

2. Download the 8.10 release of Aria Lifecyle Manager.

3. Deploy the 8.10 release of Aria Lifecyle Manager from the SDDC Manager.

4. Upgrade Aria Lifecycle Manager directly to the desired version.