If you do not have remote server access to VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle, you can log in to the My VMware portal to manually download the patch files to a local drive. Then you use the API to import the patch to VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle.

Prerequisites

Procedure

  1. Log in to the My VMware portal https://customerconnect.vmware.com/patch/ and list the patches for your product.
  2. Download the product patch and place it in the /data folder on your VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle appliance.
  3. Import the patch into VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle.
    • To import a patch binary file, use the following request. 
      curl -X POST \
  '$url/lcm/lcops/api/v2/settings/patch-binaries/import' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YWRtaW5AbG9jYWw6VGhpc0lzUGFzc3dvcmQ=' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "filepath": "/data/vrlcm-vra-8.1.0-8.1.0.9712.patch",
    "name": "vrlcm-vra-8.1.0.0-8.1.0.9712.patch"
  }' | jq "."
    • To import a patch OVA binary file, use the following request.
      Note: The patch OVA binary file is only available for VMware Aria Automation. 
      curl -X POST \
  '$url/lcm/lcops/api/v2/settings/patch-ova-binaries/import' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YWRtaW5AbG9jYWw6VGhpc0lzUGFzc3dvcmQ=' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "filepath": "/data/vrlcm-vra-8.1.0-8.1.0.9712.ovabundle",
    "name": "vrlcm-vra-8.1.0.0-8.1.0.9712.ovabundle"
  }' | jq "."
    The request triggers the API. The response shows the request ID. 
    {
    "requestId":"1dac194a-6e1f-4772-a97d-af300ad5086c"
}
  4. Assign the request ID variable. 
    requestId = "1dac194a-6e1f-4772-a97d-af300ad5086c"
  5. Track your request. 
    curl -X GET '$url /lcm/request/api/v2/requests/$requestId' -H 'Authorization: Basic YWRtaW5AbG9jYWw6VGhpc0lzUGFzc3dvcmQ=' | jq "."
    After completion, VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle has converted the imported patch binary into a wrapped patch file. 
    ...
},
  "outputMap": {},
  "state": "COMPLETED",
  "executionId": "61274f3c-20cc-47a1-90ec-130635edb7d1",
...
  6. List the patch binaries. 
    curl -X GET \
  '$url/lcm/lcops/api/v2/settings/patch-binaries' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YWRtaW5AbG9jYWw6VGhpc0lzUGFzc3dvcmQ=' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' | jq "."
    Examine the response to find the wrapped patch. A snippet of the response shows the patch ID, product ID, and product version of the patch and "patchDownloadStatus": "DOWNLOAD", so the patch is ready to apply. 
    ...    
      "patchInfo": {
      "name": "vRealize Automation, version 8.0.1.9712",
      "summary": "vRSLCM wrapped vRealize Automation, version 8.0.1.9712 Patch1",
      "description": "vRSLCM wrapped vRealize Automation, version 8.0.1.7526 Patch1",
      "kbUrl": "https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/76805",
      "eulaFile": null,
      "category": "bugfix",
      "urgency": "critical",
      "releaseType": "patch",
      "releaseDate": 1590039695062,
      "additionaInfo": {}
    },
    "metadataId": "vrlcm-vra-8.0.1-8.0.1.9712",
    "metadataVersion": "1",
    "patchId": "c0a13037-3906-43b8-8eb3-7f73e76c3ea8",
    "patchBundleCreationDate": 1590039921132,
    "selfPatch": false,
    "product": {
      "productId": "vra",
      "productName": "vRealize Automation",
      "productVersion": "8.0.1",
      "supportedVersions": [
        "8.0.1"
      ],
   ...
   },
   "patchFileName": "vrlcm-vra-8.0.1.9712.patch",
   "patchSize": 6073307467,
   "patchSha256sum": "9fed5f30f7c2967cdaac3b914a49b3aaec6520c4er422b90cd5703f9794e5",
   "patchRunningcounter": 1,
   "patchStatus": "ACTIVE",
   "patchDownloadStatus": "DOWNLOADED",
   "extract": false,
   "patchCounter": "1"
...

What to do next

Apply the product patch. See Apply a product patch.