Trying to upgrade vmware vsphere replication via WWW and CLI and both are failing

[swspjcd]

I have been trying to get vsphere replication to upgrade itself via www and also via the vamicli command line. Both return the same error:

Last Check: Last Check: Failed to check for updates(Error downloading manifest. Please contact your vendor. The requested URL returned error: 404 Not Found URL: https://vapp-updates.vmware.com/vai-catalog/valm/vmw/05d561bc-f3c8-4115-bd9d-22baf13f7178/8.1.0.2884...) on Thursday, 2018 August 30 16:44:47 UTC-4

I verified there is no proxy configured and I was able to do a nslookup from within the appliance. I was also able to ping vapp-updates.vmware.com from the appliance. I tried disabling iptables but still no luck. I know the product is free, but it still feels very buggy. Even once I got replication working, I still get random errors which require rebooting the appliance. Currently I have v8.1.0.6060 build 8744176 installed but this issues described above have been similar on all builds I have tried so far.

I can't imagine I am the only one with these issues. Any ideas?

[daphnissov]

Download the ISO update package and mount it to the appliance to perform the upgrade instead.

[swspjcd]

I can definitely do that but I'm trying to avoid that since the product is supposed to be able to upgrade itself.

[daphnissov]

It's probably because the depot address is incorrect (a bug). This isn't the first time this has happened. Normally, yes, it can download the bits but in this case the address is wrong. Also, yes, vSphere Replication is a buggy and flaky product. Keep in mind it's free, though (included).

[SavkoorSuhas]

I dont think the Upgrade depot works anymore. AFAIK that feature was discarded. You will need to use ISO for upgrades now.

PS: 8.1 is going to be a migrate, not an in-place upgrade.

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