Error while using vlcm offline deport file upload.

[Sujith_AS]

please help me on this 
Getting error while adding zip file to offline depot.
ERROR:

Import updates

Status

 A general system error occurred: Cannot download offline depot from 'https://<esxi ip>/cgi-bin/host-seed.cgi?path=/vmfs/volumes/64cb00be-21e2a42d-e0c4-005056854998/test/tsdmVib.zip'.

let me know what need to add here 

{

    "owner": "",

    "description": "test offline import",

    "ownerdata": "",

    "location": "https://<esxi ip>/cgi-bin/host-seed.cgi?path=/vmfs/volumes/64cb00be-21e2a42d-e0c4-005056854998/test/tsdmVib.zip",

    "source_type": "PULL"

}

tried verious options for location but didn't worked 
eg : 

https://<esxiip>/folder/test/tsdmVib.zip?dcPath=ha-datacenter&dsName=vmw-esx-install-datastore

and also tried to PUSH for https://VCENTER IP:9087/vum-fileupload/ but could not implement

 

Thanks 

[Maksym Roshchyna]

Could you put some screenshots? 

Would be helpful

[Sujith_AS]

[Sujith_AS]

  please let me know anything else is required

[Sachchidanand Upadhyay]

Are you able to access the below link from your browser directly? What's the status there?

https://10.230.210.193/cgi-bin/host-seed.cgi?path=/vmfs/volumes/64cb00be-21e2a42d-e0c4-005056854998/test/tsdmVib.zip

Regards,

Sachchidanand

 

[Sujith_AS]

Hi ,
Yes, I am able to access 

https://<esxi-ip>/cgi-bin/host-seed.cgi?path=/var/vmware/lifecycle/hostSeed/tsdmVib.zip

[Sachchidanand Upadhyay]

It seems that credentials are required to access the depot file. Have you tried providing credentails while seting up offline depot in vlcm?

A few days back, I have updated the vcenter using the offline bundle and used an httpd server on a linux VM and it worked for me.  You can also try that if you have any linux resource available.

Regards,

Sachchidanand

[Sujith_AS]

Thanks  for the update 

sorry I can able to understand "Have you tried providing credentials while setting up an offline depot in vlcm?"
please let me know how to do this like steps or any kb 

related to this "updated the vcenter using the offline bundle and used an httpd server on a linux VM and it worked for me"
please provide more insight on this

[Sachchidanand Upadhyay]

You can provide credentail like this and check again:

https://root:password@<esxi-ip>/cgi-bin/host-seed.cgi?path=/var/vmware/lifecycle/hostSeed/tsdmVib.zip

Regarding httpd server, if you are familiar with httpd/apache server you can configure it on any linux vm or iis on a windows vm. This is  simple a web server you have to configure and access your zip file through it.

Regards,

Sachchidanand 

[Sujith_AS]

this one have tried, but no luck
https://root:password@<esxi-ip>/cgi-bin/host-seed.cgi?path=/var/vmware/lifecycle/hostSeed/tsdmVib.zi...

[Sujith_AS]

tried with httpd also but it didn't work

please let me know is there anything else which can be tried

[Sachchidanand Upadhyay]

Hi  , seems little confusion here, please make sure:

1. If you are using local web server for downloading depot file, don't use proxy as it's directly reachable.

2. If you are using proxy then download depot image from Internet/vmware public depot server instead of local server.

Also please make sure reachablilty is there without any restriction like firewall OR required ip and ports are allowed if any firewall or acl is there.

Regards,

Sachchidanand

[Sujith_AS]

tried without Proxy also with httpd it still didn't worked.

[Maksym Roshchyna]

What vCenter version do you use? 

[Maksym Roshchyna]

I would suggest to patch vCenter to the newest version, I assume we are discussing here vSphere7, right?

[Sujith_AS]

[Sachchidanand Upadhyay]

Check the following log file and see if you find any insightful info:

/var/log/vmware/vmware-updatemgr/vum-server/lifecycle.log

Regards,

Sachchidanand

[Scott Vessey]

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