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Download an Install Bundle Using the Bundle Transfer Utility

If you do not have direct internet connectivity to your
SDDC Manager
 instance, you can use the Bundle Transfer Utility to manually download install bundles from the VMware depot to your local computer and then upload them to
SDDC Manager
.
  • A Windows or Linux computer with internet connectivity for downloading the bundles.
  • The computer must have Java 8 or later.
  • A Windows or Linux computer with access to the
    SDDC Manager appliance
     for uploading the bundles.
  • To upload the manifest file from a Windows computer, you must have OpenSSL installed and configured.
  • Configure TCP keepalive in your SSH client to prevent socket connection timeouts when using the Bundle Transfer Utility for long-running operations.
The Bundle Transfer Utility is the only supported method for downloading bundles. Do not use third-party tools or other methods to download bundles.
This procedure describes the process for downloading install bundles using the Bundle Tranfer Utility. For information about downloading update/upgrade bundles, see the
VMware Cloud Foundation Lifecycle Management Guide
.
  1. Download the most recent version of the Bundle Transfer Utility on a computer with internet access.
    1. Log in to VMware Customer Connect and browse to the Download
      VMware Cloud Foundation
       page.
    2. In the
      Select Version
       field, select the version for which you want to download an install bundle.
    3. Click
      Drivers & Tools
      .
    4. Expand
      VMware Cloud Foundation
       Supplemental Tools and click
      Go To Downloads
      .
    5. Click
      Download Now
       for the Bundle Transfer Utility.
  2. Extract
    lcm-tools-prod.tar.gz
    .
  3. Navigate to the
    lcm-tools-prod/bin/
     and confirm that you have execute permission on all folders.
  4. Copy the Bundle Transfer Utility to a computer with access to the
    SDDC Manager appliance
     and then copy the bundle transfer utility to the
    SDDC Manager appliance
    .
    1. SSH in to the
      SDDC Manager appliance
       using the
      vcf
       user account.
    2. Enter
      su
       to switch to the root user.
    3. Create the
      lcm-tools
       directory.
      mkdir /opt/vmware/vcf/lcm/lcm-tools
      If the
      /opt/vmware/vcf/lcm/lcm-tools
       directory already exists with an older version of the Bundle Transfer Utility, you need to delete contents of the existing directory before proceeding.
    4. Copy the Bundle Transfer Utility file (
      lcm-tools-prod.tar.gz
      ) that you downloaded in step 1 to the
      /opt/vmware/vcf/lcm/lcm-tools
       directory.
    5. Extract the contents of
      lcm-tools-prod.tar.gz
      .
      tar -xvf lcm-tools-prod.tar.gz
    6. Set the permissions for the
      lcm-tools
       directory.
      cd /opt/vmware/vcf/lcm/
      chown vcf_lcm:vcf -R lcm-tools
      chmod 750 -R lcm-tools
  5. On the computer with internet access, download the manifest file. This is a structured metadata file that contains information about the VMware product versions included in the release Bill of Materials.
    ./lcm-bundle-transfer-util --download --manifestDownload --depotUser 
    Username
  6. Copy the manifest file and
    lcm-tools-prod
     directory to a computer with access to the SDDC Manager appliance.
  7. Upload the manifest file to the
    SDDC Manager appliance
    .
    ./lcm-bundle-transfer-util --update --sourceManifestDirectory 
    Manifest-Downloaded-Directory
     --sddcMgrFqdn 
    FQDN
     --sddcMgrUser 
    Username
    Use your vSphere SSO credentials for the
    --sddcMgrUser
     parameter.
  8. Download install bundles from the computer with internet access.
    1. From the
      /lcm-tools/bin
       folder where you downloaded the utility download install bundles by entering the following command.
    Windows:
    lcm-bundle-transfer-util.bat -download --outputDirectory 
    absolute-path-output-dir
     -depotUser 
    depotUser
     -p 
    vcfVersion
     --imageType 
INSTALL
    Linux:
    ./lcm-bundle-transfer-util -download --outputDirectory 
    absolute-path-output-dir
     -depotUser 
    depotUser
     -p 
    vcfVersion
     --imageType 
INSTALL
    For example:
    ./lcm-bundle-transfer-util -download --outputDirectory /root/downloadedBundles -depotUser ffruyven@vmware.com -p 4.4.0.0 --imageType INSTALL
    where
    absolute-path-output-dir
    Path to the directory where the bundle files are to be downloaded. This directory folder must have 777 permissions. If you do not specify the download directory, bundles are downloaded to the default directory with 777 permissions.
    depotUser
    VMware Customer Connect user name. You are prompted to enter the password. If there are any special characters in the password, specify the password within single quotes.
    -p
    Filter the bundles for a specific version of
    VMware Cloud Foundation
    . The value is based on x.x.x.x format.
    After you enter you VMware Customer Connect password, the utility asks
    Do you want to download vRealize bundles?
    . Enter
    Y
     or
    N
    . The utility displays a list of the available install bundles for the specified version of
    VMware Cloud Foundation
    .
  9. Specify the bundles to download.
    Enter one of the following options:
    • all
    • A specific bundle name or a comma-separated list of bundle names to download specific bundles. For example:
      bundle-52610, bundle-52990
      .
  10. Copy the entire output directory to a computer with access to the
    SDDC Manager appliance
    , and then copy it to the
    SDDC Manager appliance
    .
    You can select any location on the
    SDDC Manager appliance
     that has enough free space available. For example,
    /nfs/vmware/vcf/nfs-mount/
    .
    Example command
    SDDC Manager appliance
    scp -pr /root/downloadedBundles vcf@
    SDDC_MANAGER_IP
    :/nfs/vmware/vcf/nfs-mount/
    The scp command in the example above copies the output directory (
    downloadedBundles
    ) to the
    /nfs/vmware/vcf/nfs-mount/
     directory on the
    SDDC Manager appliance
    .
  11. Upload the directory to the
    SDDC Manager appliance
     internal LCM repository.
    1. SSH in to the
      SDDC Manager appliance
       using the
      vcf
       user account.
    2. Navigate to
      /opt/vmware/vcf/lcm/lcm-tools/bin
      .
    3. Run the following command:
      ./lcm-bundle-transfer-util -upload -bundleDirectory 
      absolute-path-bundle-dir
      Replace
      absolute-path-bundle-dir
       with the path to the location where you copied the output directory. For example:
      /nfs/vmware/vcf/nfs-mount/downloadedBundles
      .
    The utility uploads the bundles and displays upload status for each bundle. When the uploads complete, the bundles are available in the
    SDDC Manager UI
    . Navigate to
    Lifecycle Management
    Bundle Management
    Download History
     to see the downloaded bundles.

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