When using the OBTU offline bundle transfer utility, lcm-bundle-transfer-util to upload bundles an error is encountered - "The bundles directory doesn't contain the delta and delta.md5 files"

Products

• VMware SDDC Manager

Issue/Introduction

The OBTU offline bundle transfer utility, lcm-bundle-transfer-util is being used on SDDC Manager to upload bundles to SDDC Manager.

The error below is encountered - 

The bundles directory doesn't contain the delta and delta.md5 files

 

Environment

VCF 4.x

VCF 5.x

Cause

This error can be encountered if an incomplete path to the bundles is specified in the lcm-bundle-transfer-util command.

Example -

./lcm-bundle-transfer-util --upload --bundleDirectory /nfs/vmware/vcf/nfs-mount/offlineBundles/

Resolution

Ensure that the full path to the bundles is specified in the lcm-bundle-transfer-util command.

Example -

./lcm-bundle-transfer-util --upload --bundleDirectory /nfs/vmware/vcf/nfs-mount/offlineBundles/apTools

 

The apTools directory is the directory that contains the bundles, lcm, manifests, tmp directories and deltaFileDownloaded, deltaFileDownloaded.md5, index.v3 files

Additional Information

Please note the "Offline Download of VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.x Upgrade Bundles" documentation linked below, for additional context - 

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vcf/vcf-5-2-and-earlier/5-2/offline-download-of-vmware-cloud-foundation-5-2-upgrade-bundles.html