Error LCMMANAGEMENTNODEVCFOPS12003 when upgrading Aria Operations 8.18 to 9.0 using Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.18

Products

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

Issue/Introduction

When upgrading to v 9.0 from 8.18.3 VROPS fails at step 14 or step 17, Migrate VCF Ops to Management Node

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)

Environment

Aria Operations 8.18.x

Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.18.x

VCF Operations 9.0.x

Cause

The upgrade is deploying a new Fleet Manager node but the target vCenter is not running vCenter 9.0.x

Review the /var/log/vrlcm/vmware_vrlcm.log on the Aria Suite Lifecycle appliance and note the error

[c.v.v.l.r.c.RequestController]  -- Retry error cause data : [ {  "messageId" : "LCMMANAGEMENTNODEVCFOPS12003",  "message" : "LCMMANAGEMENTNODEVCFOPS12003",  "eventId" : "########-####-####-####-############",  "retry" : true,  "exceptionMessage" : "Failure occurred while trying to deploy Management Node. HTTP response status is not in valid range. ",

Review the /var/log/vrlcm/vmware_vrlcm.log on the newly deployed Fleet Manager appliance and note the error

ERROR vrlcm[####] [http-nio-8080-exec-#] [c.v.v.l.l.s.DataCenterServiceImpl]  -- Failed to trust certificate with response code - 400 and error message - Connection failed - <vcenter_fqdn>

ERROR vrlcm[####] [http-nio-8080-exec-#] [c.v.v.l.l.c.DataCenterController]  -- Exception while creating vCenter :com.vmware.vrealize.lcm.common.exceptions.InvalidRequestException: Connection failed - <vcenter_fqdn>

This error occurs because the API used by the Fleet Manager to retrieve the certificate from the vCenter does not exist in version 8. The version 8 vCenter returns a HTTP 400 Bad Request error message to the API request.

Resolution

• Upgrade the target vCenter for the new Fleet Manager appliance to Version 9.0.x. This is a documented requirement.
• If you upgrade the target vCenter to 9.0.x and the issue persists with the same error code LCMMANAGEMENTNODEVCFOPS12003 you can try to:
  • Upgrade Aria Operations 8.18.x manually to VCF Operations 9.0
  • Deploy the Fleet Management node manually from the OVA within vCenter
  • Connect Fleet Management manually from the VCF Operations admin UI

Additional Information

Converging a vCenter Instance and ESX Hosts