OBTU tool fails to download bundles from the online repositories (403-forbidden, async-patches download)

Products

• VMware Cloud Foundation 4.x
• VMware Cloud Foundation 5.x

Issue/Introduction

VCF Offline Bundle Transfer Utility (OBTU) Tool bundle downloads from internet facing VMware by Broadcom public repositories fails with below errors .

Got Http error[403] while downloading bundle [/evo/vmw/bundles/bundle-124938.tar].

Async Patch downloads fail with: “Failed to download async patch input specs from depot”

Environment

VMware Cloud Foundation (OBTU tool)

Cause

Public facing repository URLs and authentication mechanisms are changing. Download URLs are no longer common but unique for each customer therefore will require to be re-configured. Async-patches not visible with lcm-bundle-transfer-util from OBTU 5.2.1.

Resolution

1. Download the latest version of the VCF Download Tool from the Broadcom support portal.
   
   Note: If the /home/vcf/lcm-tools directory already exists with an older version of the VCF Download Tool, you need to delete contents of the existing directory before proceeding.
   
   

2. Download the Token from Broadcom Support Portal by following the steps in VCF Authenticated downloads Configuration Update Instructions. If you already have it, apply the same by following below instructions.

3. Download Bundles with the latest version of the Bundle Transfer Utility

   1. Download and setup OBTU following this document Download Bundles with the Bundle Transfer Utility
      
      
   2. Follow the remaining setup to download bundles and upload to SDDC-Manager.
      
      

4. Setup offline depot.

   1. Follow VCF Offline Depot deployment
      
      
   2. Setup offline depot in SDDC Manager
      1. Open SDDC manager UI
      2. Navigate to “Lifecycle Management" -> “Depot Settings” -> “Set up an Offline Depot”
      3. Enter the offline depo hostname, port, username and password