Applying Patch 6 to a Standalone Aria Orchestrator 8.18.1 appliance fails with an "Upgrade repository configuration failed" error

Products

• VCF Automation

Issue/Introduction

• Applying patch 6 to Orchestrator fails
• The md5 checksum of the install media downloaded has been verified
• You see errors in the CLI similar to the below: 
  

  Configuring upgrade repository.
  
  Upgrade repository configuration failed.
  ... Upgrade preparation failed. The system is unaffected. ...
  Summary
  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  Duration:               1 minutes
  Result:                 Preparation Error
  Description:            Preparation for upgrade has discovered problems. Review to error report below to correct the problems and try again. The services remained in working order.

Environment

Aria Orchestrator Standalone 8.18.1

Cause

The upgrade scripts are unable to access the attached repository (.ISO) files due to a recent change in repository file hashing algorithms to SHA256.

/var/log/vmware/prelude/upgrade-<timestamp>.log:

Verifying the access to the update repository.
[Exit Code: 1] Accessing the update repository failed.
[Exit Code: 1] Attempt failed to run command: /opt/scripts/upgrade/vami-config-repo.sh 'local'.
 Remote command failed: /opt/scripts/upgrade/vami-config-repo.sh 'local' at host: ####
 Remote command failed: /opt/scripts/upgrade/vami-config-repo.sh 'local' at one or more nodes
[Exit Code: 1] Accessing update repository failed on one or more nodes.

Additional steps are required to install Update 6 for Orchestrator.

These steps patch the upgrade utility for SHA256 support for vRO and patch the signature validation script for SHA256 support for vRO. 

 

 

Resolution

The full steps to apply the update are detailed in this kb  VMware Aria Automation 8.18.1 Cumulative Update #5

It is recommended to review the patch installation steps in the patch kb as they can differ between each version.