Error Code: LCMMANAGEMENTNODEVCFOPS12003 received while upgrading Aria Operations 8.18 to 9.x via Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.18

Products

• VCF Operations/Automation (formerly VMware Aria Suite)
• VCF Operations

Issue/Introduction

• Aria Operations 8.18.x upgrade to 9.0.2 via LCM failed with Error Code: LCMMANAGEMENTNODEVCFOPS12003
  

  Error Code: LCMMANAGEMENTNODEVCFOPS12003
  LCMMANAGEMENTNODEVCFOPS12003
  
  Failure occurred while trying to deploy Management Node. HTTP response status is not in valid range
  com.vmware.vrealize.lcm.plugin.lcmplugin.core.exception.UpgradeException: Failure occurred while trying to deploy Management Node. HTTP response status is not in valid range.     at com.vmware.vrealize.lcm.plugin.lcmplugin.core.mgmtnodetasks.AddVcfOpsVcenterToManagementNodeTask.execute(AddVcfOpsVcenterToManagementNodeTask.java:117)    at com.vmware.vrealize.lcm.automata.core.TaskThread.run(TaskThread.java:62)    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)

   

• As a part of upgrade, the VCF Fleet Management node is deployed and the Stage16 "Migrate VCF Ops to Management Node" failed with error.
  
  
  
  
• The "/var/log/vrlcm/vmware_vrlcm.log" reports below error:
  

  INFO vrlcm[1618] [http-nio-8080-exec-9] [c.v.v.l.1.s.CertificateManagementService] -- Fetching certificate from <vCenter-FQDN>
  INFO vrlcm[1618] [http-nio-8080-exec-9] [c.v.v.l.u.CertificateUtil]-- Endpoint : https://<vCenter-FQDN>
  ERROR vrlcm[1618] [http-nio-8080-exec-9] [c.v.v.l.u.CertificateUtil] -- IOException occurred - connect timed out
  ERROR vrlcm[1618] [http-nio-8080-exec-9] [c.v.v.1.1.s.DataCenterServiceImpl] -- Failed to trust certificate with response code - 400 and error message - Connection failed - connect timed out
  ERROR vrlcm[1618] [http-nio-8080-exec-9] [c.v.v.1.1.c.DataCenterController] -- Exception while creating vCenter : com. vmware.vrealize.lcm.common.exceptions. InvalidRequestException: Connection failed - connect timed out
   at com. vmware.vrealize.lcm.lcops.service.DataCenterServiceImpl.acceptCertificate (DataCenterServiceImpl. java : 1707) [vmlcm-lcopsservice-core-9. 0.2.SNAPSHOT. jar!/ :?

 

Environment

Aria Operations 8.18.x

Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.18.x

VCF Operations 9.x

VCF Fleet Management 9.x

Cause

The 'Migrate VCF Ops to Management Node' stage failed due to a communication timeout between the VCF 9.x Fleet Management Appliance and the vCenter.
The connectivity between VCF Fleet and the vCenter can be checked using below command:

curl -v telnet://Destination-FQDN: 443

Resolution

To resolve the issue and complete the upgrade, follow the below steps:

1. Resolve the connectivity issue between VCF 9.x Fleet Management Appliance and the vCenter.
2. Retry the "Upgrade Task" from  Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.18.

Additional Information

Update Sequence for VCF 9.0 and Compatible VMware Products
Converging a vCenter Instance and ESX Hosts