https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/vLCM-Says-quot-Not-Connected-quot-yet-I-m-connected-to-it-an-it/m-p/2957855#M34486 <P>Hi,</P><P>I'm getting ready to update may vSphere 7 to a newer release (staying on 7 for now, just a newer one).</P><P>In Lifecycle Manager I get this when I try to Sync Updates</P><P>"<SPAN>A general system error occurred: A depot is inaccessible or has invalid contents. Make sure an official depot source is used and verify connection to the depot."</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>And when I go to Settings &gt; Patch Setup, Connectivity Status for all my sources say "Not&nbsp;</SPAN>Connected."</P><P>Yet, there are updates as recent at Jan 30, 2023, so something is (or at least did recently) connect to something.</P><P>Unless I'm not reading the documentation right and these don't mean what I think they do.</P><P>How do I start to troubleshoot this error and how can I be sure I'm getting the latest available updates?</P><P>Thanks,</P><P>Jeff</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Screen Shot 2023-03-05 at 11.29.15 AM.png" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://communities.vmware.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/100384i12EAAC883E4EF01E/image-size/large/is-moderation-mode/true?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="Screen Shot 2023-03-05 at 11.29.15 AM.png" alt="Screen Shot 2023-03-05 at 11.29.15 AM.png" /></span><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Screen Shot 2023-03-05 at 11.28.52 AM.png" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://communities.vmware.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/100385i14142DF1FA7CD31C/image-size/large/is-moderation-mode/true?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="Screen Shot 2023-03-05 at 11.28.52 AM.png" alt="Screen Shot 2023-03-05 at 11.28.52 AM.png" /></span></P> Sun, 05 Mar 2023 16:35:47 GMT jscooper22 2023-03-05T16:35:47Z https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/vLCM-Says-quot-Not-Connected-quot-yet-I-m-connected-to-it-an-it/m-p/2957855#M34486 <P>Hi,</P><P>I'm getting ready to update may vSphere 7 to a newer release (staying on 7 for now, just a newer one).</P><P>In Lifecycle Manager I get this when I try to Sync Updates</P><P>"<SPAN>A general system error occurred: A depot is inaccessible or has invalid contents. Make sure an official depot source is used and verify connection to the depot."</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>And when I go to Settings &gt; Patch Setup, Connectivity Status for all my sources say "Not&nbsp;</SPAN>Connected."</P><P>Yet, there are updates as recent at Jan 30, 2023, so something is (or at least did recently) connect to something.</P><P>Unless I'm not reading the documentation right and these don't mean what I think they do.</P><P>How do I start to troubleshoot this error and how can I be sure I'm getting the latest available updates?</P><P>Thanks,</P><P>Jeff</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Screen Shot 2023-03-05 at 11.29.15 AM.png" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://communities.vmware.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/100384i12EAAC883E4EF01E/image-size/large/is-moderation-mode/true?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="Screen Shot 2023-03-05 at 11.29.15 AM.png" alt="Screen Shot 2023-03-05 at 11.29.15 AM.png" /></span><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Screen Shot 2023-03-05 at 11.28.52 AM.png" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://communities.vmware.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/100385i14142DF1FA7CD31C/image-size/large/is-moderation-mode/true?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="Screen Shot 2023-03-05 at 11.28.52 AM.png" alt="Screen Shot 2023-03-05 at 11.28.52 AM.png" /></span></P> Sun, 05 Mar 2023 16:35:47 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/vLCM-Says-quot-Not-Connected-quot-yet-I-m-connected-to-it-an-it/m-p/2957855#M34486 jscooper22 2023-03-05T16:35:47Z https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/vLCM-Says-quot-Not-Connected-quot-yet-I-m-connected-to-it-an-it/m-p/2957856#M34487 <P>#Facepalm.</P><P>My DNS was mistyped. It's working.</P><P>Thanks,</P><P>Jeff</P> Sun, 05 Mar 2023 16:56:26 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/vLCM-Says-quot-Not-Connected-quot-yet-I-m-connected-to-it-an-it/m-p/2957856#M34487 jscooper22 2023-03-05T16:56:26Z