VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator 8.18.1 Cumulative Update Installation Instructions

Products

• VCF Operations/Automation (formerly VMware Aria Suite)

Issue/Introduction

Using the ISO image for any # of Aria Automation Orchestrator 8.18.1 Patch, you are unable to run the update from Aria Suite Lifecyle Manager.

After the ISO was mapped to the Aria Suite Lifecyle Manager Patch Repository the Update option is not available.

Environment

Aria Automation Orchestrator 8.18.1

Cause

Aria Automation Orchestrator 8.18.1 Patches are to be installed by attaching the ISO image to the Aria Automation Orchestrator appliance, this is to ensure standalone and appliances managed by Aria Suite Lifecyle Manager are updated with the same process.

Resolution

Prerequisites:

• You have valid backups or snapshots of the Automation Orchestrator appliance(s) in the cluster.
• You have downloaded latest *updaterepo.iso from VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator 8.18.1 Update #.
• There is nothing else mounted in the CD-ROM of the Appliance(s).
• You have root username and password and SSH access to the appliance(s).
• Note: This process will require a short downtime for reboot when we run the upgrade.

Procedure:

1. Upload the *updaterepo.iso image to the vCenter datastore
2. Edit the settings of the Automation Orchestrator appliance and load the datastore iso to the appliance's CD/DVD drive
3. Check the "Connected" checkbox to connect the CD/DVD drive
4. Log in to the Automation Orchestrator Appliance command line as root
5. Make a copy of the lcm upgrade profile:
   cp /etc/vmware-prelude/upgrade-lcm.conf  /etc/vmware-prelude/upgrade-lcm-b2b.conf
6. Modify the /etc/vmware-prelude/upgrade-lcm-b2b.conf file by adding the following value:
   workflow.step.vami-postupdate.reboot.skip=false
7. Mount the CD-ROM using mount /dev/xxx /mnt/cdrom
   mount /dev/sr0 /mnt/cdrom
8. Run the upgrade in the command line with the new lcm profile:
   vracli upgrade exec -y --profile lcm-b2b --repo cdrom://

* For a clustered setup Step 1-5 is to be executed on each Appliance, Step 6 needs to be run only once.

 

Review Installed Patch History:

For Aria Automation Orchestrator the command vracli version patch will not show any patch installed.
The following are correct build numbers for Orchestrator 8.18.1, reported by vracli version:

• Orchestrator 8.18.1 patch 1  --> build 24399195
• Orchestrator 8.18.1 patch 2  --> build 24702838
• Orchestrator 8.18.1 patch 3  --> build 24840835
• Orchestrator 8.18.1 patch 4  --> build 24981710
• Orchestrator 8.18.1 patch 5  --> build 25228701 (note: this was released within Aria Automation 8.18.1 Cumulative Update #4)