VMSP mandatory components installed with Patch versions on 9.1.0.0 fleet lcm fail

Products

• VMware Cloud Foundation

Issue/Introduction

While patching VCF 9.1 some components may fail. Some examples include:

Salt Raas component installation fails.

2026-06-18T21:26:40.31449237Z stdout F 2026-06-18T21:26:40.314Z DEBUG Fleet Build 54 [lcm@4413 scPath="ops" thread="system-task-worker-23" logger="c.b.v.l.t.o.s.step.AbstractSyncStep" method="start:L"] [XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX, taskId=XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX] - Completed RESOLVE_SDDC_LCM_INSTALL_SPECS_BINARY_URL_TASK from workflow INSTALL_SDDC_COMPONENTS_WORKFLOW with output {"componentSpecs":{"componentSpecs":[{"deploymentType":"VspComponentSpec","sddcLcmId":"e915a646-07d6-4710-8779-e5dcc2972dbb","componentType":"SALT_RAAS","version":null,"repository":
{"downloadUrl":"https://<SDDC_FQDN>/vmware/vcf/bundle/d1a8d3cd-74de-59c1-a26d-d46cf170430c/d1a8d3cd-74de-59c1-a26d-d46cf170430c/salt-raas-9.1.0.0100.25434834.tgz","certificate":null}
,"size":null,"fqdn":null,"componentNamespace":"salt-raas","configSpec":{"size":"large"},"vspClusterSpec":null}]}}

 

Environment

VCF Fleet LCM 9.1.0.0

Resolution

1. Download latest Fleet LCM patch, apply eg: 9.1.0.0100
2. SSH into the SDDC Manager/VCF Installer as the vcf user and then type su - and input the root user password.
3. Modify the file with below:
   /etc/vmware/vcf/domainmanager/application.properties  
   add
   fleetlcm.task.id.to.recreate=<UUID> 
   
   Note: <UUID> is the UUID of the failed Fleet Build Service(FBS) task (can be seen in logs or in FBS UI). In the logs highlighted above
   
   
4. Restart domainmanager service.
   systemctl restart domainmanager