VCF 5.2.x: Offline Downloaded Bundles is Not Displayed in "Plan Patching" for Flexible BOM Upgrades

Products

• VMware SDDC Manager

Issue/Introduction

When performing Flexible BOM upgrades from the SDDC Manager, the patch bundles cannot be selected.

The bundles downloaded offline using OBTU do not reflect in the Plan Patching workflow, and SDDC Manager displays “No patches available” under the target version for vCenter, ESXi, and other components.

Environment

VCF 5.2.1.2

Cause

The "productVersionCatalog.json" in SDDC Manager is not updated or missing.

Resolution

1.  Verify if the productVersionCatalog file is present on the SDDC Manager.  

• SSH into the SDDC manager
• Run the following command to search the ProductVersionCatalog.json
  • cat /nfs/vmware/vcf/nfs-mount/bundle/depot/local/productVersionCatalog.json | json_pp | less
output: file not found. 

2. To Download the productVersionCatalog please see documentation: Offline Download of Flexible BOM Upgrade Bundles

Example of commands: 

• Download productVersionCatalog: 
  • ./lcm-bundle-transfer-util --download productVersionCatalog --depotDownloadToken download-token --outputDirectory binaries_dir
• Upload the productVersionCatalog:
  • ./lcm-bundle-transfer-util --upload productVersionCatalog --inputDirectory compatibility-file-directory --sddcMgrFqdn FQDN --sddcMgrUser Username

3. To download required product patch:

Please refer to Doc- Download an Install Bundle Using the Bundle Transfer Utility

The required patch will now be available to select in the SDDC Manager Flexible BOM upgrade. 

Additional Information

 VMware Cloud Foundation - Upgrade Bundle Details