Pak file upload failing when attempting to upgrade to VCF Operations 9.1.1 from Aria Operations 8.18

Products

• VCF Operations
• VCF Operations/Automation (formerly VMware Aria Suite)

Issue/Introduction

Attempting to upload Operations-Upgrade-9.1.1.0-25679887.pak to Aria Operations 8.18.3 is failing with the following error.

Error Signature on PAK file 'Operations-Upgrade-9.1.1.0-2567887.pak' is not valid

Environment

Aria Operations 8.18.3

VCF Operations 9.1.1

Cause

This is caused by attempting to upgrade to VCF Operations 9.1.1 from an unsupported version of Aria Operations 8.18.3.

Resolution

Currently, Aria Operations 8.18.6 is the minimum required version to upgrade to 9.1.1.

Additional Information

• Check https://interopmatrix.broadcom.com/Upgrade prior to attempting upgrades.  This is the most authoritative source. 
  
  
• https://vmware.github.io/vcf-upgrade-planner/ can also be helpful.