Error:"no healthy upstream" when accessing host images after vCenter update
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Error:"no healthy upstream" when accessing host images after vCenter update

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Article ID: 436206

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Products

VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

  • vCenter(VC) was updated from 8.0.3 00700 to 8.0.3 00800 version.
  • After the update, the update manager service is in stopped state.
  • Manual restart of the update manager service ends up in service being running.
  • Rebooting the VC causes the service to stop again.
  • The /var/log/vmware/vmware-updatemgr/vum-server/vmware-vum-server-##.log has errors of the following type:

<Timestamp> error vmware-vum-server[#####] [Originator@6876 sub=httpDownload] [httpDownloadPosix ###] curl_easy_perform() failed: cURL Error: Could not resolve hostname, Could not resolve host: hostupdate.vmware.com

<Timestamp> error vmware-vum-server[#####] [Originator@6876 sub=httpDownload] [httpDownloadPosix ###] [backtrace begin] product: VMware Update Manager, version: 8.0.3, build: build-25197330, tag: vmware-vum-server, cpu: x86_64, os: linux, buildType: release
--> backtrace[00] libvmacore.so[0x00531D35]
--> backtrace[01] libvmacore.so[0x0042185E]: Vmacore::System::Stacktrace::CaptureFullWork(unsigned int)
--> backtrace[02] libvmacore.so[0x0043403D]: Vmacore::System::SystemFactory::CreateBacktrace(Vmacore::Ref<Vmacore::System::Backtrace>&)
--> backtrace[03] libvci-vcIntegrity.so[0x00E0B29E]
--> backtrace[04] libvci-vcIntegrity.so[0x00E0B6E4]
--> backtrace[05] libvci-vcIntegrity.so[0x00E0BB70]: Sysimage::HttpDownloadToStream

Environment

VMware vCenter Server 8.x

Cause

The update manager service crashes due to references to the old VMware repositories. Failing to resolve these URLs causes the service to crash with a backtrace.

Resolution

To resolve the issue, follow the resolution as per the following articles to remove VMware URLs and also reset references to them:

Additional Information

Patching/Updating VMware vCenter Server through Appliance Management Interface VAMI 

Download vCenter Server patches and ISOs for latest releases