No patch builds are listed in the Updates tab of the Lifecycle Manager and there are no firewalls or network-level blocks preventing access
vCenter server /var/log/vmware/vmware-updatemgr/vum-server/vmware-vum-server.log
[YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS] verbose vmware-vum-server[11509] [Originator@6876 sub=httpDownload] [httpDownloadPosix 188] * Connection #58 to host .com left intact
[YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS] info vmware-vum-server[11509] [Originator@6876 sub=httpDownload] [httpDownloadPosix 769] curl_easy_perform() succeeded - url:
[YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS] warning vmware-vum-server[11509] [Originator@6876 sub=VumVapi::Lib::Utils] [EmbeddedPyServiceProvider 472] Connecting to http://vibsdepot.example.com/, err: HTTP Error Code: 404
[YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS] warning vmware-vum-server[11509] [Originator@6876 sub=VumVapi::Lib::Utils] [EmbeddedPyServiceProvider 425] Failed 10 times when connecting online depot http://vibsdepot.example.com/
[YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS] error vmware-vum-server[11509] [Originator@6876 sub=ServiceProvider] [EmbeddedPyServiceProvider 1570] At least one online depot is not accessible: https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/addon-main/vmw-depot-index.xmll, https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xmll, https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/iovp-main/vmw-depot-index.xmll, https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/vmtools-main/vmw-depot-index.xmll, http://example.com, http://example.com, http://example.com/
[YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS] error vmware-vum-server[11509] [Originator@6876 sub=com.vmware.vcIntegrity.lifecycle.SyncDepotsTask] [SyncDepotsTask 221] Failed to sync depots. Merged depot content is invalid: Error:
--> com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.error
--> Messages:
--> com.vmware.vcIntegrity.lifecycle.depotContent.ValidationError<A depot is inaccessible or has invalid contents. Make sure an official depot source is used and verify connection to the depot.
[YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS] warning vmware-vum-server[11509] [Originator@6876 sub=VumVapi::Lib::Utils] [EmbeddedPyServiceProvider 425] Failed 10 times when connecting online depot
The issue occurs when a custom depot URL, such as http://vibsdepot.example.com/index.xml, becomes inaccessible while it is still enabled as a download source. This leads to errors or failures when attempting to fetch VIBs or updates from that repository.