VMware Aria Automation Config RaaS upgrade fails with sqlalchemy ArgumentError

Products

• VCF Automation

Issue/Introduction

When attempting to upgrade the RaaS component in VMware Aria Automation Config, the process fails during the database upgrade.

You will see the following error in the CLI output or logs: sqlalchemy.exc.ArgumentError: Column must be constructed with a non-blank name or assign a non-blank .name before adding to a Table.

Example of the failing command:

su - raas -c "raas -l debug upgrade"

Environment

Aria Automation Config

Cause

Issues in the DB schema provided in 8.18.2 for Aria Automation Config lead to this failure during upgrade time

Resolution

1. Install the 8.18.3 RaaS RPM instead as it is patched to prevent this failure