Not able to deploy via SDDC manager in VCF

Products

• VMware SDDC Manager / VCF Installer

Issue/Introduction

• In VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 5.2.2, attempting to deploy the AVI Load Balancer (NSX Advanced Load Balancer) via SDDC Manager fails during the OVA upload phase to NSX Manager.
• The SDDC Manager UI may show the bundle download status as **SUCCESSFUL**, but the deployment task fails with an I/O error.
• The following error is observed in the SDDC Manager task details:
  **Error Message:**
`OVA upload to NSX failed`

`I/O error on POST request for "https://<NSX-Manager-FQDN>:0/api/v1/repository/bundles": file [/nfs/vmware/vcf/nfs-mount/bundle/<Bundle-ID>/bundle-<Version>/controller-<Version>.ova] cannot be resolved in the file system for checking its content length`
Additionally, checking the NFS mount path on the SDDC Manager reveals that the directory for the specific bundle ID is either empty or missing the expected `.ova` and manifest files, despite the LCM database marking the download as successful.

Environment

VMware SDDC Manager 5.2.x

Cause

Stale or corrupted entry in the Local Control Plane (LCM) database.

A bundle download when attempted will likely interrupt or fail to sync correctly to the NFS mount, but the metadata will incorrectly be committed as **SUCCESSFUL**.

Consequently, when the deployment workflow calls `imageManagementServiceAdapter.getInstallImage()`, it receives a file path that does not exist on the file system, leading to a `FileSystemResource` failure when calculating the content length for the upload to NSX.

 

Resolution

Engage Broadcom Support by submitting a support request, mentioning this KB 446577. 

To open a support request, see KB Creating and managing Broadcom cases .

Additional Information

Uploading a bundle using bundle transfer utility in SDDC Manager fails with "BUNDLE_MANIFEST_FILE_NOT_FOUND"

Unable to upload Aria LCM bundle to SDDC Manager, failing with the error: Bundle Transfer Utility Tool failed with error : LCM Manifest upload failed.