Uploading manifest file to LCM fails using OBTU VCF 5.2

Products

• VMware SDDC Manager

Issue/Introduction

• Uploading manifest file to LCM fails when using Offline Bundle Transfer Utility (OBTU)
• lcmManifest.json is present in location "/home/vcf/manifest" 
• Below is the syntax and exception occurred uploading manifest file to LCM.
  
  root@sddc01 [ /opt/vmware/vcf/lcm/lcm-tools/bin ]# ./lcm-bundle-transfer-util --update --sourceManifestDirectory /home/vcf/manifest/ --sddcMgrFqdn sddc01.labs.local --sddcMgrUser [email protected]
  *********Welcome to OBTU tool***********
  
  Make sure to download the most recent metadata files and upload them to the SDDC Manager appliance before
  downloading bundles. If you do not have the most recent metadata files, the metadata for most recent upgrades will be
  missing and will impact the upgrades. The following metadata files are required: LCM manifest and VMware compatibility
  data (For 5.0 or upgrade to 5.0), vSAN HCL data (For 5.1 or upgrade to 5.1). VxRail requires these additional metadata files:
  VxRail compatibility data (For 5.0 or upgrade to 5.0) and partner bundle manifest (PBM).
  https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Cloud-Foundation/5.0/context?id=vcf_451\n
  please confrim this is the right finger print sha256 Fingerprint=46:F9:###########################Y/N Y
  keytool error: java.lang.Exception: Alias <sddc01.labs.local> does not exist
  Certificate was added to keystore
  OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM warning: Ignoring option --illegal-access=warn; support was removed in 17.0
  Please acknowledge that the above requirements are met and press [Y/N] to continue: Y
  VMware Cloud Foundation LCM Bundle Transfer Tool, Version: 2024.07-24108578
  Uploading manifest file
  Enter SDDC Manager User password:
  Manifest File Path: /home/vcf/manifest/lcm/manifest
  Setting base path - sddc01.labs.local
  Uploading the manifest file from the directory:/home/vcf/manifest/ failed. Please verify the logs
  Exception occurred uploading manifest file to LCM.
  YYYY-DD-MMTHH:MM:SSZ INFO --- [ main] com.vmware.vipclient.i18n.VIPCfg : Formatting cache created.
  Formatting cache created.
  YYYY-DD-MMTHH:MM:SSZ INFO --- [ main] com.vmware.vipclient.i18n.VIPCfg : Translation Cache created.
  Translation Cache created.
  
  
• Bundle Transfer Utility Tool failed with error : LCM Manifest upload failed. Below errors are seen in /var/log/vmware/vcf/lcm/tools/debugtool/tmp/debuglog/lcmdebug.log
  YYYY-DD-MMTHH:MM:SSZ [main] DEBUG [com.vmware.evo.sddc.lcm.tools.bundletransfer.BundleTransferUtilityUploader] Fetched supported lcm manifest version:1
YYYY-DD-MMTHH:MM:SSZ [main] ERROR [com.vmware.evo.sddc.lcm.tools.bundletransfer.BundleTransferUtility] Uploading the manifest file from the directory:/home/vcf/manifest/ failed. Please verify the logs
YYYY-DD-MMTHH:MM:SSZ [main] ERROR [com.vmware.evo.sddc.lcm.tools.bundletransfer.BundleTransferUtility] Exception occurred uploading manifest file to LCM. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<-------------------------------------------
YYYY-DD-MMTHH:MM:SSZ [main] ERROR [com.vmware.evo.sddc.lcm.tools.bundletransfer.BundleTransferUtility] Bundle Transfer Utility Tool failed with error : LCM Manifest upload failed.

Environment

VMware Cloud Foundation 5.x

VMware Cloud Foundation Download Tool 9.x

Cause

OBTU is unable to locate the lcmManifest.json file at /home/vcf/manifest/lcm/manifest/v1/.This file is expected to be generated during the download workflow but is missing.

Resolution

To resolve the issue, 

1. Create the below directory in /home/vcf/manifest/
   
   mkdir lcm -> manifest -> v1
   
   
2. Copy the lcmManifest.json in the following location  /home/vcf/manifest/lcm/manifest/v1/
   
   
3. Execute the command to upload the manifest file . 
   

   root@sddc01 [ /opt/vmware/vcf/lcm/lcm-tools/bin ]# ./lcm-bundle-transfer-util --update --sourceManifestDirectory /home/vcf/manifest/ --sddcMgrFqdn sddc01.labs.local --sddcMgrUser [email protected]