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Offline Download of Independent SDDC Manager Bundles

Once
SDDC Manager
 is upgraded to 5.2 or later, new functionality is introduced that allows you to get the latest
SDDC Manager
 features and security fixes without having to upgrade the entire
VMware Cloud Foundation
 BOM. This procedure describes using the Bundle Transfer Utility to download an
SDDC Manager
 bundle released independently of the
VMware Cloud Foundation
 BOM when
SDDC Manager
 is not connected to an online or offline depot..
  • A Windows or Linux computer with internet connectivity (either directly or through a proxy) for downloading the bundles and other required files.
  • Configure TCP keepalive in your SSH client to prevent socket connection timeouts when using the Bundle Transfer Utility for long-running operations.
  • The computer with internet connectivity and the
    SDDC Manager appliance
     must have the latest version of the Bundle Transfer Utility installed and configured. See Offline Download of VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.x Upgrade Bundles for more information.
An independent
SDDC Manager
 release includes a fourth digit in its version number, for example
SDDC Manager
 5.2.0.1.
  • On a computer with access to the internet, use the Bundle Transfer Utility to download the independent
    SDDC Manager
     bundle and other required files.
  • Copy the bundle and other required files to the
    SDDC Manager appliance
    .
  • On the
    SDDC Manager appliance
    , use the Bundle Transfer Utility to upload the bundle and other required files to the internal LCM repository.
If the computer with internet access can only access the internet using a proxy server, use the following options when downloading:
Option
Description
--proxyServer, --ps
Provide the proxy server FQDN and port.
For example:
--proxyServer proxy.example.com:3128
.
--proxyHttps
Add this option if the proxy server uses HTTPs.
--proxyUser
For a proxy server that requires authentication, enter the user name.
--proxyPasswordFile
For a proxy server that requires authentication, enter the path to a file where the password for proxy authentication is stored. The file content is used as the proxy password.
For example,
--proxyPasswordFile ../../password.txt
.
Example that combines the options: 
./lcm-bundle-transfer-util --download --manifestDownload --depotUser
Username
--proxyServer proxy.example.com:3128 --proxyUser vmwuser --proxyPasswordFile ../../password.txt --proxyHttps
  1. Download bundles and other artifacts to the computer with internet access.
    1. 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
      For
      --depotUser
      , enter your Broadcom Support Portal user name.
    2. Download the compatibility data.
      ./lcm-bundle-transfer-util --download --compatibilityMatrix --depotUser
      Username
      To specify a download location, use
      --outputDirectory
       followed by the path to the directory.
    3. Download the independent
      SDDC Manager
       upgrade bundle.
      ./lcm-bundle-transfer-util --download --sddcMgrVersion
      four-digit-sddc-version
      --depotUser
      Username
      --outputDirectory
      absolute-path-output-dir
      where
      depotUser
      User name for the Broadcom Support Portal. You will be prompted to enter the user password. If there are any special characters in the password, specify the password within single quotes.
      four-digit-sddc-version
      Target version of
      SDDC Manager
      . For example,
      5.2.0.1
      .
      absolute-path-output-dir
      Path to the directory where the bundle files should 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.
      Follow the prompts in the Bundle Transfer Utility.
  2. Copy the following files/directories to the
    SDDC Manager appliance
    .
    • Manifest file
    • Compatibility data file (
      VmwareCompatibilityData.json
      )
    • Entire bundle output directory
    You can select any location on the
    SDDC Manager appliance
     that has enough free space available. For example,
    /nfs/vmware/vcf/nfs-mount/
    .
  3. From the
    SDDC Manager appliance
    , use the Bundle Transfer Utility to upload the bundles and artifacts.
    1. Upload the manifest file.
      ./lcm-bundle-transfer-util --update --sourceManifestDirectory
      Manifest-Directory
      --sddcMgrFqdn 
      FQDN
      --sddcMgrUser 
      Username
      Use your vSphere SSO credentials for the
      --sddcMgrUser
       parameter.
    2. Upload the compatibility file.
      ./lcm-bundle-transfer-util --update --compatibilityMatrix --inputDirectory
      compatibility-file-directory
      --sddcMgrFqdn
      FQDN
      --sddcMgrUser
      Username
    3. Upload the bundle directory.
      ./lcm-bundle-transfer-util --upload --bundleDirectory
      absolute-path-bundle-dir
After the upload completes successfully, you can use the
SDDC Manager UI
 to upgrade
SDDC Manager
. See Independent SDDC Manager Upgrade using the SDDC Manager UI.

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