{"id":13904,"date":"2025-06-18T18:50:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T16:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irg-net.com\/?p=13904"},"modified":"2025-06-18T18:50:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T16:50:22","slug":"cannot-download-vib-this-might-be-because-of-network-issues-or-the-specified-vib-does-not-exist-or-does-not-have-a-proper-read-privilege-set-please-make-sure-the-specified-vib-ex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irg-net.com\/index.php\/cannot-download-vib-this-might-be-because-of-network-issues-or-the-specified-vib-does-not-exist-or-does-not-have-a-proper-read-privilege-set-please-make-sure-the-specified-vib-ex\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannot download VIB: &#8220;This might be because of network issues or the specified VIB does NOT exist or does NOT have a proper \u2018read\u2019 privilege set. 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However, I was confronted with the error message above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"920\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/irg-net.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image.png?resize=920%2C550&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/irg-net.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image.png?w=920&amp;ssl=1 920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/irg-net.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image.png?resize=300%2C179&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/irg-net.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image.png?resize=768%2C459&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s fix this real quick, first we need SSH access to our VCSA, via the <strong>Shell<\/strong> Command and <strong>Stop<\/strong> the VMware Update Manager Service:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><code lang=\"python\" class=\"language-python line-numbers\">shell\nservice-control \u2013stop vmware-updatemgr<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Now run the following commands to <strong>Reset<\/strong> VMware Update Manager Database and <strong>Delete<\/strong> the contents of the VMware Update Manager Patch Store:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><code lang=\"python\" class=\"language-python line-numbers\">\/usr\/lib\/vmware-updatemgr\/bin\/updatemgr-utility.py reset-db\nrm -rf \/storage\/updatemgr\/patch-store\/*<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally <strong>Start<\/strong> the VMware Update Manager Service:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><code lang=\"python\" class=\"language-python line-numbers\">service-control \u2013start vmware-updatemgr<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Important to know: <\/strong>You may have to logoff and login to the vCenter again. In the context of vSAN environments, this process will also result in the removal of the vSAN default baselines. It should be noted that these baselines are automatically recreated in the event of a configuration change to vSAN. Such changes include the addition or removal of a host or disk, or an update to the HCL DB. It is still possible to safely update a vSAN cluster without the vSAN default baselines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This procedure also deletes your download token links from the Broadcom portal. You will need to add these again. 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