VCF Operations - Unable to update the Supervisor Cluster with "Error processing Content Library" and "Error: malformed Supervisor OVF template name"
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VCF Operations - Unable to update the Supervisor Cluster with "Error processing Content Library" and "Error: malformed Supervisor OVF template name"

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Article ID: 433761

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VMware vSphere Kubernetes Service

Issue/Introduction

Observing error like below and unable to update the Supervisor Cluster.

Error processing Content Library ########-####-####-####-############, Error: malformed Supervisor OVF template name ob-22035671-tkgs-ova-ubuntu-2004-v1.24.11---vmware.1-fips.1-tkg.1.ubuntu.


Checking the WCP logs shows Content Library logs which hint that maybe the incorrect content library is being used for the Supervisor.

As per logs below it appears to advise this is set to https://wp-content.vmware.com/v2/latest/lib.json currently.

2026-03-10T08:28:39.978Z debug wcp [content/controller.go:218] [opID=cl-########-####-####-####-############] Reconciling Content Library: ########-####-####-####-############, current state vector: &{state:APPLY status:ERROR phase:ERROR}
2026-03-10T08:28:39.978Z debug wcp [rest/client.go:86] [opID=cl-########-####-####-####-############] Rest client for vmodl2 API calls exists, checking session validity
2026-03-10T08:28:39.980Z debug wcp [rest/client.go:89] [opID=cl-########-####-####-####-############] Rest client for vmodl2 API calls is still valid.
2026-03-10T08:28:39.989Z debug wcp [content/cl.go:106] [opID=cl-########-####-####-####-############] Subscription URL for Supervisor Content Library: ########-####-####-####-############ is https://wp-content.vmware.com/v2/latest/lib.json
2026-03-10T08:28:39.989Z debug wcp [content/controller.go:359] [opID=cl-########-####-####-####-############] Processing Spherelet items for Library: ########-####-####-####-############

 

Also noted below OVC processing issues as a result which was also observed in original provided errors.

2026-03-10T08:28:40.031Z debug wcp [content/controller.go:383] [opID=cl-########-####-####-####-############] Processing Spherelet Library item ########-####-####-####-############
2026-03-10T08:28:40.036Z info wcp [content/controller.go:392] [opID=cl-########-####-####-####-############] Skipping item: ob-22035671-tkgs-ova-ubuntu-2004-v1.24.11---vmware.1-fips.1-tkg.1.ubuntu of library: ########-####-####-####-############ from Spherelet processing as it is of type OVA
2026-03-10T08:28:40.036Z debug wcp [content/controller.go:383] [opID=cl-########-####-####-####-############] Processing Spherelet Library item ########-####-####-####-############
2026-03-10T08:28:40.040Z info wcp [content/controller.go:392] [opID=cl-########-####-####-####-############] Skipping item: ob-18186591-photon-3-k8s-v1.20.7---vmware.1-tkg.1.7fb9067 of library: ########-####-####-####-############ from Spherelet processing as it is of type OVA
2026-03-10T08:28:40.040Z debug wcp [content/controller.go:383] [opID=cl-########-####-####-####-############] Processing Spherelet Library item ########-####-####-####-############
2026-03-10T08:28:40.043Z info wcp [content/controller.go:392] [opID=cl-########-####-####-####-############] Skipping item: ob-22187091-ubuntu-2004-amd64-vmi-k8s-v1.26.5---vmware.2-fips.1-tkg.1 of library: ########-####-####-####-############ from Spherelet processing as it is of type OVA
2026-03-10T08:28:40.044Z debug wcp [content/controller.go:383] [opID=cl-########-####-####-####-############] Processing Spherelet Library item ########-####-####-####-############
2026-03-10T08:28:40.048Z info wcp [content/controller.go:392] [opID=cl-########-####-####-####-############] Skipping item: ob-24752897-ubuntu-2204-amd64-v1.31.7---vmware.1-fips-vkr.2 of library: ########-####-####-####-############ from Spherelet processing as it is of type OVA
2026-03-10T08:28:40.048Z debug wcp [content/controller.go:383] [opID=cl-########-####-####-####-############] Processing Spherelet Library item ########-####-####-####-############
2026-03-10T08:28:40.052Z info wcp [content/controller.go:392] [opID=cl-########-####-####-####-############] Skipping item: ob-25164274-photon-5-amd64-v1.34.2---vmware.2-vkr.2 of library: ########-####-####-####-############ from Spherelet processing as it is of type OVA
2026-03-10T08:28:40.052Z debug wcp [content/controller.go:383] [opID=cl-########-####-####-####-############] Processing Spherelet Library item ########-####-####-####-############
2026-03-10T08:28:40.057Z info wcp [content/controller.go:392] [opID=cl-########-####-####-####-############] Skipping item: ob-22748270-tkgs-ova-photon-3-v1.26.10---vmware.1-fips.1-tkg.1 of library: ########-####-####-####-############ from Spherelet processing as it is of type OVA
2026-03-10T08:28:40.057Z debug wcp [content/controller.go:383] [opID=cl-########-####-####-####-############] Processing Spherelet Library item ########-####-####-####-############
2026-03-10T08:28:40.063Z info wcp [content/controller.go:392] [opID=cl-########-####-####-####-############] Skipping item: ob-23049612-tkgs-ova-photon-3-v1.27.6---vmware.1-fips.1-tkg.1 of library: ########-####-####-####-############ from Spherelet processing as it is of type OVA
2026-03-10T08:28:40.063Z debug wcp [content/controller.go:383] [opID=cl-########-####-####-####-############] Processing Spherelet Library item ########-####-####-####-############
2026-03-10T08:28:40.068Z info wcp [content/controller.go:392] [opID=cl-########-####-####-####-############] Skipping item: ob-24076161-ubuntu-2204-amd64-vmi-k8s-v1.30.1---vmware.1-fips-tkg.5 of library: ########-####-####-####-############ from Spherelet processing as it is of type OVA
2026-03-10T08:28:40.068Z debug wcp [content/controller.go:383] [opID=cl-########-####-####-####-############] Processing Spherelet Library item ########-####-####-####-############
2026-03-10T08:28:40.072Z info wcp [content/controller.go:392] [opID=cl-########-####-####-####-############] Skipping item: ob-24942110-ubuntu-2204-amd64-v1.31.11---vmware.3-fips-vkr.1 of library: ########-####-####-####-############ from Spherelet processing as it is of type OVA
2026-03-10T08:28:40.072Z debug wcp [content/controller.go:383] [opID=cl-########-####-####-####-############] Processing Spherelet Library item ########-####-####-####-############
2026-03-10T08:28:40.077Z info wcp [content/controller.go:392] [opID=cl-########-####-####-####-############] Skipping item: ob-22757567-tkgs-ova-photon-3-v1.25.13---vmware.1-fips.1-tkg.1 of library: ########-####-####-####-############ from Spherelet processing as it is of type OVA

 

Environment

vCenter version and build number: 9.0.2.0 Build 25148086
ESXi version and build number: 9.0.2.0 Build 25148076
TKGs or VKS version: 3.4.1-embedded+v1.33
Supervisor cluster k8s version: v1.31.6+vmware.3-fips-vsc9.0.1.0-24953340
Guest cluster k8s version: v1.31.4+vmware.1-fips

Cause

Incorrect Subscription URL being used for the Supervisor as per logs:

2026-03-10T08:28:39.989Z debug wcp [content/cl.go:106] [opID=cl-########-####-####-####-############] Subscription URL for Supervisor Content Library: ########-####-####-####-############ is https://wp-content.vmware.com/v2/latest/lib.json

Resolution

Set for correct subscription URL (https://wp-content.broadcom.com/supervisor/v1/latest/lib.json) for the Content Library.

Checking here for 9.x appears the correct  CL to use is - https://wp-content.broadcom.com/supervisor/v1/latest/lib.json for the Supervisor.

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