While updating one of my vCSAs from Update 3j to 3l, the update process would abruptly stop at “Converting Data 80%”.
This status window would just disappear, no warning or failure messages. This occurred twice... Surprisingly, the partner vCSA in enhanced linked mode was built at the same time with the same version upgraded without issue.
The following 2 logs should be used to determine if the update was successfully completed:
1. /var/log/vmware/applmgmt/update_microservice.log
2021-03-17 18:13:09,367 - update_script_day0_patching - DEBUG - Patching completed successfully
2021-03-17 18:13:09,368 - vmware.update.extensions - DEBUG - The component script returned 'None'
2021-03-17 18:13:09,374 - vmware.appliance.update.update_b2b - DEBUG - update script result file '{\n "error": null,\n "info": [],\n "progress": 100,\n "progress_message": null,\n "status": "success",\n "warning": []\n}
'
2021-03-17 18:13:09,374 - vmware.appliance.update.update_functions - DEBUG - /var/vmware/applmgmt/patch-history directory created successfully
2021-03-17 18:13:09,388 - vmware.appliance.update.update_b2b - INFO - Setting appliance version 6.7.0.46000 build 17138064
2021-03-17 18:13:09,391 - vmware.appliance.update.update_b2b - DEBUG - Appliance version is updated for login banner
2021-03-17 18:13:09,394 - vmware.appliance.update.update_functions - DEBUG - Running /usr/bin/banner_ctrl reset
2021-03-17 18:13:16,146 - /usr/lib/applmgmt/update/py/vmware/appliance/update/task_manager.py - DEBUG - UpdateTask: status=SUCCEEDED, progress=100, message={'id': 'com.vmware.appliance.install_complete', 'default_message': 'Installation
complete', 'args': []}
2021-03-17 18:13:16,153 - vmware.appliance.update.update_b2b - DEBUG - Installation completed successfully!
2021-03-17 18:13:16,153 - vmware.appliance.update.update_functions - DEBUG - Running reboot
2021-03-17 18:13:21,928 - __main__ - DEBUG - Event callback succeeded
2. /var/log/vmware/applmgmt/upgrade_hook_PatchHook
{
"info": [],
"progress_message": null,
"warning": [],
"status": "success",
"error": null,
"progress": 100
}
This appears to be a "cosmetic" issue and the upgrade completed successfully.