Unable to upgrade Aria Operations due to error: Upload Failed

Products

• VCF Operations

Issue/Introduction

On Aria Operations admin UI, when try to perform the upgrade, the upgrade failed with Upload Failed error:

Environment

Aria Operations 8.x

Cause

Potential causes:

• This can occur due to misconfiguration found in the file "/usr/lib/vmware-vcopssuite/utilities/conf/vcops-photon-apache.conf"
• /storage/db being close or over 90% full

Resolution

• Reference KB Uploading the PAK file in Aria Operations failed with an error "Upload Failed." to update the vcops-photon-apache.conf file.
• Reference KB How to add disks to a node in Aria Operations cluster if /storage/db is close or over 90% full
• If the Upload Failed error persists upon following the workaround steps from the KB above, proceed to perform a manual upgrade via API via KB: How to Manually Upgrade VMware Aria Operations via API