The Aria orchestrator 9.1 upgrade fails with exit code 65024 during the OS package update phase.

Products

• VCF Automation

Issue/Introduction

- Upgrade process aborts prematurely during the OS package update phase,the following error is present in /opt/vmware/var/log/vami/updatecli.log:
Exit code 65024: RPM transaction dependency conflict.

- The updatecli log explicitly identifies a dependency conflict during the RPM transaction.
Error: Failed to upgrade package: socat-2.0.0.b9-3.ph4.x86_64
Dependency: libreadline.so.7()(64bit) not found.

Environment

VMware Aria Orchestrator 9.1

Resolution

1.  Access one vRO appliance via SSH with root.

2.  Remove the conflicting `socat` package:
vracli cluster exec -- bash -c "rpm -e --nodeps socat"

3.Clear the package manager cache on all nodes: 
vracli cluster exec -- bash -c "tdnf clean all"

4.Verify package manager transaction consistency:
vracli cluster exec -- bash -c "tdnf check"

5.Resume the vRO upgrade in any of node: 
vracli upgrade exec --resume