"Check compliance with Image” subtask in SDDC Manager fails with error "Task failed with Unknown Error: Failed to create temporary file. Error: Permission denied"

Products

• VMware SDDC Manager

Issue/Introduction

• SDDC Manager subtask "Check compliance with Image” fails and reports the following problem:
  
  Data value is required
  
  
• Domain Manager logs shows the following errors:
  
  /var/log/vmware/vcf/domainmanager/domainmanager.log
yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss.zzz+0000 INFO  [vcf_dm,<task_id>,2360] [c.v.v.v.v.PersonalityImageManager,dm-exec-19]  Status of task :Info (com.vmware.cis.task.info) => {
    progress = Progress (com.vmware.cis.task.progress) => {
        total = 100,
        completed = 15,
        message = LocalizableMessage (com.vmware.vapi.std.localizable_message) => {
            id = com.vmware.vcIntegrity.lifecycle.Task.Progress,
            defaultMessage = Current progress for task created by VMware vSphere Lifecycle Manager,
            localized = Current progress for task created by VMware vSphere Lifecycle Manager
        }
   ..
    error = Error (com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.error) => {
        messages = [LocalizableMessage (com.vmware.vapi.std.localizable_message) => {
    id = com.vmware.vcIntegrity.lifecycle.TaskError.UnknownError,
    defaultMessage = Task failed with Unknown Error: Failed to create temporary file. Error: Permission denied,
    args = [Failed to create temporary file. Error: Permission denied],
    params = <null>,
    localized = Task failed with Unknown Error: Failed to create temporary file. Error: Permission denied
}],
        data = <null>,
        errorType = ERROR
  
  
  
  
• On the vCenter we seeing a similar error:
  
  /var/log/vmware/vmware-updatemgr/vmware-vum-server.log
yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss.zzz+01:00 info vmware-vum-server[418646] [Originator@6876 sub=HostUpdateDepotManager opID=<operation_id>] [patchDepotManager 533] Start downloading patch binaries,
4
yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss.zzz+01:00 verbose vmware-vum-server[418646] [Originator@6876 sub=httpDownload opID=<operation_id>] [httpDownloadPosix 1059] The url /tmp/offlineBundle######/vib20/<VIB_COMPONENT> is not a http or https URL.
yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss.zzz+01:00 verbose vmware-vum-server[418646] [Originator@6876 sub=httpDownload opID=<operation_id>] [httpDownloadPosix 1059] The url /tmp/offlineBundle######/vib20/<VIB_COMPONENT> is not a http or https URL.
yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss.zzz+01:00 info vmware-vum-server[418646] [Originator@6876 sub=ClusterDPMConfigShield opID=<operation_id>] [ClusterDPMConfigShield 183] [~ClusterDPMConfigShield] Re-
enabled DPM on cluster domain-c### by the last operaiton in the series of concurrent VLCM workflow.
..
yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss.zzz+01:00 error vmware-vum-server[418646] [Originator@6876 sub=com.vmware.vcIntegrity.lifecycle.DesiredScanClusterTask] [Task, 524] Task:com.vmware.vcIntegrity.lifecycle.DesiredScanClust
erTask ID:<task_id>. Task Failed. Error: Error:
-->    com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.error
--> Messages:
-->    com.vmware.vcIntegrity.lifecycle.TaskError.UnknownError<Task failed with Unknown Error: Failed to create temporary file. Error: Permission denied>

Environment

VMware Cloud Foundation 5.x
VCenter Server 8.0.3x

Resolution

To remediate the issue, reboot the vCenter appliance and retry the failed workflow.