Error: "LCMCOMMON92001 : Exception encountered when downloading the binary: Premature end of Content-Length delimited message body" when downloading VCF Automation upgrade patch

Products

• VCF Operations/Automation (formerly VMware Aria Suite)

Issue/Introduction

• When the Online Depot is configured to download binaries in VCF Fleet Management, attempts to download a VCF 9.0 component from the UI path (VCF Operations >> Fleet Management >> Lifecycle >> Binary Management) fails with the below error 
  
  Error Code: LCMCOMMON92001
Exception encountered when downloading the binary
Premature end of Content-Length delimited message body
(expected:<Total_Size>; received: <Downloaded_size>)
  
  
• You will see the following error reported in the /var/log/vrlcm/vmware_vrlcm.log file on the Fleet Management appliance:
  
  ERROR vrlcm[####] [pool-#-thread-#] [c.v.v.l.d.c.t.DownloadFromBroadcomDepot]  -- Exception encountered when downloading the binary: Premature end of Content-Length delimited message body (expected: <Total_Size>; received: <Downloaded_size>)

Environment

VCF Operations 9.x
VCF Fleet Management 9.x

Cause

This issue occurs due to an unstable or low-bandwidth internet connection, or an intermediary proxy terminating the connection prior to the download completing.

Resolution

To resolve this environmental issue,

• Ensure that stable internet access is established from the Fleet Management appliance to the Broadcom depot.
• Once confirmed, retry downloading the VCF Automation 9.0.2 package, or submit the request again with a stable network connection.