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Apply a PS pack
Last Updated January 26, 2025

If you used
VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
 to install a
VMware Aria Suite
 product and that product releases a new version between
VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
 releases, you can use the API to apply a PS pack so that
VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
 supports the new product version.
For example, if you used
VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
 8.4 to install
VMware Aria Automation
 8.4, and
VMware Aria Automation
 8.5 is released, you can apply a PS pack so that
VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
 8.4 supports
VMware Aria Automation
 8.5. For
VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
 8.4 to support the newer version of
VMware Aria Automation
, you do not need to wait for the next release of
VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
.
The PS pack includes policy files for the new
VMware Aria Suite
 product version and a checksum of the binary that
VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
 needs to support the newer version.
This procedure shows how to use the API to download and apply the PS pack.
  1. Check for the latest PS packs that are available online in the Content Delivery Network (CDN).
    curl -X POST \
  '$url/lcm/lcops/api/v2/system-pspack' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YWRtaW5AbG9jYWw6VGhpc0lzUGFzc3dvcmQ=' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' | jq "."
    The request triggers the API. The response shows the request ID. 
    {
    "requestId":"asdf1234a-6e1f-4772-a97d-af300ad9999c"
}
  2. Assign the request ID variable.
    requestId = "asdf1234a-6e1f-4772-a97d-af300ad9999c"
  3. Track your request.
    curl -X GET '$url /lcm/request/api/v2/requests/$requestId' -H 'Authorization: Basic YWRtaW5AbG9jYWw6VGhpc0lzUGFzc3dvcmQ=' | jq "."
    After completion, the list of available PS packs in
    VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
     refreshes.
    ...
},
  "outputMap": {},
  "state": "COMPLETED",
  "executionId": "94301f3c-20cc-47a1-90ec-130635edb7d1",
...
  4. List the PS packs.
    curl -X GET \
  '$url/lcm/lcops/api/v2/system-pspack' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YWRtaW5AbG9jYWw6VGhpc0lzUGFzc3dvcmQ=' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' | jq "."
    A snippet of the response shows the PS pack ID and product ID.
    {
    "fileName": "ONLINE-vrlcm-8.2.0-PSPACK2",
    "isCurrentVersion": "string",
    "patchLevelRequired": "string",
    "policyVersion": "8.2.0.2",
    "policyVersionDetailsList": [
      {
        "productId": "vrlcm",
        "versions": {}
      }
    ],
    "pspackId": "c0a13037-3906-43b8-8eb3-7f73e76c3ea8"
  }
]
  5. Assign the pspackId variable.
    pspackId = "c0a13037-3906-43b8-8eb3-7f73e76c3ea8"
  6. Use the
    pspackId
     to apply the PS pack.
    curl -X POST \
  '$url/lcm/lcops/api/v2/system-pspack/$pspackId' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YWRtaW5AbG9jYWw6VGhpc0lzUGFzc3dvcmQ=' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
 | jq "."
    The request triggers the API. The response shows the request ID. 
    {
    "requestId":"poiu5678a-6e1f-4772-a97d-af300ad8888c"
}
  7. Assign the request ID variable.
    requestId = "poiu5678a-6e1f-4772-a97d-af300ad8888c"
  8. Track your request.
    curl -X GET '$url /lcm/request/api/v2/requests/$requestId' -H 'Authorization: Basic YWRtaW5AbG9jYWw6VGhpc0lzUGFzc3dvcmQ=' | jq "."
    After completion, the PS pack is applied.
    ...
},
  "outputMap": {},
  "state": "COMPLETED",
  "executionId": "94301f3c-20cc-47a1-90ec-130635edb7d1",
...

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