Another quick and dirty blog about an issue that I enountered during the update from VCF 9.0 to VCF 9.1.
During the VMware Management System Platform (VMSP) deployment, the task install components: VCF Operations SDDC LCM <UUID> failed.
In the details, you will find subtasks like like Discover VCF Automation information or Import legacy components using SDDC lifecycle service in an error state.
The error indication is this message:
Failed to discover component of type 'VCFA'. '{Undefined key: detail}'
A retry task just leads nowhere.
Resolution
As simple as it sounds in hindsight, it turned out, that the vmware-system-user on each of the VCF Automation nodes had an expired password.
Similar to VMSP, this is the primary user used for logging into the system in the first place.
SSH into each VCF Automation node and follow the prompt to set a new password. From there, I could retry the workflow with success.
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