VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle Upgrade to 8.14 | Postupdate phase failure |

VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle Upgrade to 8.14 | Postupdate phase failure |

Updated: Oct 23, 2023

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This is a rare occurrance and might be seen on appliances which were deployed with fips mode disabled.

Tried to explain this in a video recording hope this helps

VMware KB Article to be followed : https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/95231

Always ensure there’s a snapshot taken before upgrade

Proactive Measure

If your planning for an uprgade of Suite Lifecycle 8.12 to 8.14 then…

1. Create a file called fips_disable
touch /var/log/bootstrap/fips_disable

2. Change permissions
chmod 644 var/log/bootstrap/fips_disable

3. Go ahead and upgrade, should be seamless

Reactive measure

If you have hit the problem, then you can come out of it in 2 ways. KB https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/95231 lists both of the methods.

Method 1

  1. Revert Suite Lifecycle appliance to pre-upgrade snapshot

  2. Create a file called /var/log/bootstrap/fips_disable:

touch /var/log/bootstrap/fips_disable
  1. Set the correct permission on the file
chmod 644  /var/log/bootstrap/fips_disable
  1. Retry the upgrade

Method 2

Follow the instructions laid out under second section of resolution section of KB: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/95231