Unable to apply VCF/VVF license and unable to upgrade Aria Operations for Logs

Products

• VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

• Existing license expired. New license is not valid.
• Existing Aria Operations for Logs environment is not on 8.16 and above.
• On a multi-node cluster, UI is only showing a Primary node.
• Cannot perform upgrade via UI.
• VMware Aria Suite Standard for vSphere Foundation License not working on 8.14.x
  
  

Environment

Aria Operations for Logs 8.10

Aria Operations for Logs 8.12

Aria Operations for Logs 8.14

 

Cause

• New VCF/VVF license requires Aria Operations for Logs 8.16 and above as per Aria Operations for Logs 8.16 Release Notes.
  For additional information see About VMware Aria Operations for Logs Licenses
  
  
• When an existing license expired, the UI will only show a Primary node. This is an expected behavior.

 

Resolution

• Perform manual upgrade of Aria Operations for Logs to 8.16 and above via KB How to Manually Complete a VMware Aria Operations for Logs Upgrade
• Once upgrade has been completed, log into UI and apply new VCF/VVF license.