VCSA 7 Error in method invocation [Errno 2] No such file or directory: ‘/storage/core/software-update/updates/index’
This could be my shortest blog to date, but it’s still good to note this error.
In my home lab I wanted to update my VCSA 7 appliance to 7.0u1. I went into the VCSA Management site, choose update, and the auto update started to look for files in the default repository. Then I got the following error:
Error in method invocation [Errno 2] No such file or directory: ‘/storage/core/software-update/updates/index’
Doing a bit of research I found out the following – When the VCSA cannot locate the default vmware.com site repository the VCSA will display this error.
In my case, my VCSA could not access the internet so it couldn’t locate the repository. Once I corrected a network issue, the VCSA was able to access the repository and it downloaded the upgrade options.
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June 15, 2021 at 1:38 am
Thanks!
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August 26, 2021 at 2:06 am
Thanks for the information. Helped a lot
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October 28, 2021 at 10:47 pm
Could be also wrong System time in vcsa. check timezone and or give it a working ntp.
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November 1, 2021 at 11:00 am
Great point! Can’t tell you how many issues I solved when it was one of these — IP Config/connectivity, DNS, NTP, or Authentication Services (ie. AD)
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