SDDC upgrade wizard fails to list NSX-T

Products

• VMware SDDC Manager

Issue/Introduction

During SDDC upgrade, the wizard fails to list NSX-T product and its current version. Due to which, NSX-T upgrade isn't considered within the workflow.

/var/log/vmware/vcf/lcm-debug.log

YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MIN+0000 DEBUG [vcf_lcm,] [c.v.e.s.l.s.i.InventoryUpgradeServiceImpl,Scheduled-6] Update with bundle: <bundle ID>-apTool results in invalid state: false
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MIN+0000 DEBUG [vcf_lcm,] [c.v.e.s.l.s.i.InventoryUpgradeServiceImpl,Scheduled-6] Number of pending updates after filtering: 6
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MIN+0000 DEBUG [vcf_lcm,] [c.v.e.s.l.s.i.InventoryUpgradeServiceImpl,Scheduled-6] Number of available updates after filtering: 1

YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MIN+0000 DEBUG [vcf_lcm,] [c.v.e.s.l.s.i.InventoryUpgradeServiceImpl,http-nio-127.0.0.1-7400-exec-5] nsxManagers: []
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MIN+0000 DEBUG [vcf_lcm,] [c.v.e.s.l.s.i.InventoryUpgradeServiceImpl,http-nio-127.0.0.1-7400-exec-5] minNsxtVersionBeforeAlias: {"version":"3.2.2.0.1-20959512"}

Environment

VMware Cloud Foundation 4.x 

VMware Cloud Foundation 5.x

Cause

NSX-T version isn't listed in the VersionAlias.yml

Resolution

Validated the yml file and fill in the missing version under the respective section. The section is categorized as per product that lists Version and build number along with Alias. If the product doesn't have an alias, fill in appropriate details.

To read the versionalias.yml file, please navigate to /opt/vmware/vcf/lcm/lcm-app/conf/VersionAlias.yml

Additional Information

To learn more about VersionAlias.yml file and its contents in relation to SDDC upgrade, please visit Broadcom article 314649

To adjust VersionAlias.yml file using the API method, please visit Broadcom article 85325