Inventory Sync / Upgrade of Aria Operations for Logs from Aria Suite Lifecycle is failing with "Error Code: LCMVCF19116"

Products

• VMware Aria Suite
• VMware SDDC Manager

Issue/Introduction

• Upgrade or inventory sync of Aria Operations for Logs from LCM fails with the following error:  

• The following error was observed in the logs:  

domain_controller.log

YYYY-MM-DDT10:52:26.415+0000 ERROR [vcf_dm,6846bcea0e545430b2594a06ca6480f3,4b3a] [c.v.e.s.c.v.i.LocalizableAnnotationValidationUtil,http-nio-127.0.0.1-7200-exec-3]  Error Load balancer hostname cannot be blank. is not externalized and hence cannot be localized

vmware_vrlcm.log:

YYYY-MM-DDT11:47:12.620Z ERROR vrlcm[1322] [pool-3-thread-29] [c.v.v.l.v.p.u.VCFGenericUtil]  -- Response status is not in accepted range with output data : {"errorCode":"REST_INVALID_API_INPUT","arguments":[],"message":"Invalid input","nestedErrors":[{"errorCode":"ANNOTATIONS_MISMATCH","arguments":["Load balancer hostname cannot be blank."],"message":"Following conditions do not match - Load balancer hostname cannot be blank."}],

Environment

• Aria Operations for Logs 8.18.x

• SDDC Manager 5.x

• Aria Lifecycle 8.18.x 

Cause

In VCF-aware mode, a VIP is mandatory for  Aria Operations for Logs Deployment.

Resolution

To resolve the issue, configure a Virtual IP (VIP) for the Aria Operations cluster by activating the Integrated Load Balancer. Please follow the steps outlined in the documentation provided at the link below:

Activate the Integrated Load Balancer