VxRail: Upgrade Progress Bar in Plugin Is Stuck at 0% for Hours or Days Even after Canceling Upgrade

Summary: The plugin page for updates is displaying a 0% progress bar or showing stale information from a previous upgrade attempt. This is due to previous information being left in the database or file system. This article is applicable for 7.x and 8.x VxRail code. ...

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Symptoms

The Upgrade Progress Bar in the plugin is stuck at 0% for hours or days even after canceling the upgrade or manually resetting it. The update page may also be blank or fail to fully populate.
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In this case, bundle_state.json has old information:

lab1-vxrail1:~ # cat /var/lib/vmware-marvin/bundle_state.json | json_pp
    {
   "request_id" : "LcmUpgrade-7f398edf-25c4-4358-b022-b6eb65d5c16c",
   "file_name" : "VXRAIL_COMPOSITE-4.7.410-26262335_for_4.7.x.zip",
   "update_id" : 1,
   "state" : "UPGRADE_ERROR",
   "source" : "LOCAL",
   "target_version" : "4.7.410-26262335"

Cause

  • On VxRail Versions above 4.7.300, there is a json file (/var/lib/vmware-marvin/bundle-update.json) which tracks the upgrade status. If the contents of this file is not set to default after manually canceling the update or if this step is skipped, it can cause this issue. By default, it should be:
    cat /var/lib/vmware-marvin/bundle_state.json
    {"state":"NONE","alerts":[]}
     
  • VxRail Database may also have left over entries.

Resolution

Affected Products

VxRail, VxRail Appliance Series, VxRail Software
Article Properties
Article Number: 000057955
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 20 Nov 2025
Version:  4
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