After Mapping the upgrade binaries for Aria Automation, the upgrade does not find it

Products

• VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

In LCM, you have mapped the upgrade binaries, but when you open the Aria Automation Environment, and select Upgrade, no upgrade file is returned for selection after inventory sync completes. 

Environment

Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager (LCM) 8.x
Aria Automation (vRA) 8.x

Cause

Binaries for the wrong product have been mapped.

Typically, this occurs when the Aria Automation Orchestrator binaries have been mistakenly downloaded and mapped. 

Resolution

Download and map the correct Upgrade binaries for Aria Automation. 

1. Download the "VMware Aria Automation 8.18.1 Update Repository" file using the steps in https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/368284/how-to-download-aria-suite-lifecycle-pro.html 
        Note: Ensure that the product selected is "VMware Aria Automation" and NOT "VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator"
2. Copy the files to the LCM appliance or NFS share and map the binaries to LCM: https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/aria/aria-suite-lifecycle/8-18/vmware-aria-suite-lifecycle-installation-upgrade-and-management-8-18/configuring-vmware-aria-suite-lifecycle/configure-settings/working-with-product-support/configure-product-binaries.html#GUID-2C93EB0A-055C-4897-A764-77FC73EFE992-en
3. Upgrade Aria Automation as per https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/aria/aria-suite-lifecycle/8-18/vmware-aria-suite-lifecycle-installation-upgrade-and-management-8-18/upgrading-product-versions-in-the-lifecycle-operations-service/upgrade-vra-and-aria-automation-with-aria-suite-lifecycle.html
4. When selecting the upgrade repository, the correct installation File should now be available for selection.