Deployment of the Aria Operations for Networks product is failing in VMware Lifecycle Manager with error code"LCMVCCONFIG100013"

Products

• VCF Operations/Automation (formerly VMware Aria Suite)

Issue/Introduction

• Deployment of the Aria Operations for Networks product is failing in VMware Lifecycle Manager.
• The following error message is observed in the VMware Lifecycle Manager UI
• The following error message is observed in the file /var/log/vrlcm/vmware_vrlcm.log

2025-07-21T03:58:08.243Z ERROR vrlcm[1179] [pool-3-thread-43] [c.v.v.l.c.v.c.DeployOvfTask]  -- Connection timed out while trying to deploy OVF using Content Library Item. Please retry after some time. Error : java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Connection Timed out.
        at com.vmware.vrealize.lcm.drivers.vsphere65Plus.VcCollectionImpl.mapAndThrowExceptions(VcCollectionImpl.java:494) ~[vmlcm-vsphereplugin65Plus-driver-8.18.0-SNAPSHOT.jar!/:?]
        at com.vmware.vrealize.lcm.drivers.vsphere65Plus.VcCollectionImpl.invokePost(VcCollectionImpl.java:214) ~[vmlcm-vsphereplugin65Plus-driver-8.18.0-SNAPSHOT.jar!/:?]
        at com.vmware.vrealize.lcm.drivers.vsphere65Plus.VcCollectionImpl.deployOvf(VcCollectionImpl.java:402) ~[vmlcm-vsphereplugin65Plus-driver-8.18.0-SNAPSHOT.jar!/:?]
        at com.vmware.vrealize.lcm.core.vsphere65Plus.contentlibrary.DeployOvfTask.execute(DeployOvfTask.java:125) [vmlcm-vsphereplugin65Plus-core-8.18.0-SNAPSHOT.jar!/:?]
        at com.vmware.vrealize.lcm.core.vsphere65Plus.contentlibrary.DeployOvfTask.retry(DeployOvfTask.java:441) [vmlcm-vsphereplugin65Plus-core-8.18.0-SNAPSHOT.jar!/:?]
        at com.vmware.vrealize.lcm.automata.core.TaskThread.run(TaskThread.java:60) [vmlcm-engineservice-core-8.18.0-SNAPSHOT.jar!/:?]
        at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source) [?:?]
        at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) [?:?]
        at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) [?:?]
2025-07-21T03:58:08.243Z INFO vrlcm[1179] [pool-3-thread-43] [c.v.v.l.p.a.s.Task]  -- Injecting task failure event. Error Code : 'LCMVCCONFIG100014', Retry : 'true', Causing Properties : '{ CAUSE ::  }'
java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Connection timed out while trying to deploy OVF using Content Library Item. Please retry after some time.
        at com.vmware.vrealize.lcm.core.vsphere65Plus.contentlibrary.DeployOvfTask.execute(DeployOvfTask.java:206) [vmlcm-vsphereplugin65Plus-core-8.18.0-SNAPSHOT.jar!/:?]
        at com.vmware.vrealize.lcm.core.vsphere65Plus.contentlibrary.DeployOvfTask.retry(DeployOvfTask.java:441) [vmlcm-vsphereplugin65Plus-core-8.18.0-SNAPSHOT.jar!/:?]
        at com.vmware.vrealize.lcm.automata.core.TaskThread.run(TaskThread.java:60) [vmlcm-engineservice-core-8.18.0-SNAPSHOT.jar!/:?]
        at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source) [?:?]
        at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) [?:?]
        at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) [?:?]

Environment

Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.18.x

Cause

This issue occurs as a result of underlying network latency.

Resolution

Confirm that the required ports are open between Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager and the respective endpoints.
Reference link: VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle ports 
The network latency should remain within an acceptable range of 385 ms to 500 ms throughout the deployment process.