VCF Cloud Proxy 9.0.x deployment using Automation Tool or API fails with error code LCMVSPHERECONFIG1000073

Products

• VMware SDDC Manager / VCF Installer

Issue/Introduction

• Deploying VCF Cloud Proxy 9.0.x using Automation Tool or API fails with the following error:
  
  Request createenvironment failed with error cause [{"messageId":"LCMVSPHERECONFIG1000073",
        "message":"Error while using the ova file for deployment. Check the correctness of the file. Ensure that ova is mapped in Settings-Binary Mapping.",
        "eventId":"#######-####-####-####-#########",
        "retry":true,
        "exceptionMessage":"File : http://localhost:8080/repo/productBinariesRepo/vrops/9.0.2.0200/install/cloudproxy.ova not found.",
        "exceptionStackTrace":"com.vmware.vrealize.lcm.drivers.vsphere65.domain.InvalidFileException: File : http://localhost:8080/repo/productBinariesRepo/vrops/9.0.2.0200/install/cloudproxy.ova not found.\n\tat com.vmware.vrealize.lcm.plugin.core.vsphere.tasks.ValidateDeployInputsTask.execute(ValidateDeployInputsTask.java:399)\n\tat com.vmware.vrealize.lcm.platform.automata.service.Task.retry(Task.java:158)\n\tat com.vmware.vrealize.lcm.automata.core.TaskThread.run(TaskThread.java:60)\n\tat java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)\n\tat java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)\n\tat java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)\n",
        "localizedMessageId":"VSPHERE_VALIDATEINPUTS_00002",
        "parameters":["http://localhost:8080/repo/productBinariesRepo/vrops/9.0.2.0200/install/cloudproxy.ova"],
        "properties":{"installerLocation":"http://localhost:8080/repo/productBinariesRepo/vrops/9.0.2.0200/install/cloudproxy.ova"}}]


• The API payload is updated to install the Cloud Proxy version 9.0.2.0200.25430781.

Environment

VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0.x

Cause

• The product version parameter (9.0.2.0.25430781) passed in the initial API payload causes the Fleet Manager (ops-lcm) deployment workflow to construct an invalid binary mapping path (vrops/9.0.2.0200/).
• The directory structure in the repository maps to the 4-digit release version (9.0.2.0) rather than the specific build string (9.0.2.0200).
• Because the incorrectly constructed path http://localhost:8080/repo/productBinariesRepo/vrops/9.0.2.0200/install/cloudproxy.ova does not exist, ValidateDeployInputsTask throws an InvalidFileException error.

Resolution

1. Connect to the Fleet Manager appliance via SSH.
   
   
2. Enable the Fleet Manager UI by executing the following command:
   touch /var/lib/vrlcm/UI_ENABLED


3. Log in to the Fleet Manager UI as admin@local.
   
   
4. Navigate to the failed VCF Operations deployment task for the cloud proxy.
   
   
5. Click Retry and modify the task payload to correct the installerLocation URL:
   
   • Change from: "installerLocation" : "http://localhost:8080/repo/productBinariesRepo/vrops/9.0.2.0200/install/cloudproxy.ova"
   • Change to: "installerLocation" : "http://localhost:8080/repo/productBinariesRepo/vrops/9.0.2.0/install/cloudproxy.ova"