VCF 9.1.0.0300 Patch Not Available in Upgrade Tab Due to Stale Pending Tasks

Products

• VCF Operations

Issue/Introduction

After downloading the VCF 9.1.0.0300 patch, users encounter the following issues in the VCF Operations UI:

• The Upgrade tab is missing under Fleet Lifecycle.
• When attempting to Set Target Version, the new version (9.1.0.0300) does not appear in the selection list.

Environment

VCF Operations 9.1

Cause

This issue occurs when a stale upgrade-related task remains in a Pending state for an extended period.

This stale task locks the lifecycle management state, preventing the UI from recognizing or displaying newly downloaded patches.

Resolution

To resolve this issue, you must restart the fleet upgrade service to clear the stale task metadata.

IMPORTANT: Always test queries or command updates first in a non-production environment. Take a backup of your VCF Operations/Management components before implementing in production.

1. SSH Access the VCF Services Runtime Instance.

2. Locate and restart the vcf-fleet-upgrade-service pod.

kubectl get pod -n vcf-fleet-lcm

kubectl delete pod vcf-fleet-upgrade-service-fleetupgrade-xxx -n vcf-fleet-lcm

3. Wait for the pod to be recreated and reach the Running state.

4. Refresh the VCF Operations UI and Navigate back to the Upgrade page to verify the resolution.

Additional Information

Establish an SSH Connection to a VCF Services Runtime Instance:

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vcf/vcf-9-0-and-later/9-1/fleet-management/configuring-management-components/enable-ssh-access-to-the-vcf-services-runtime-cluster.html