VCF Operations 9 Fleet Manager Install Binary Download Hung

VCF Operations 9 is deployed, Fleet Manager is deployed, and I'm downloading Install Binaries to the Fleet Manager Depot. All is well, until I see this...for days.

I went looking for an API endpoint for the download, maybe I could cancel it or something, no luck. Turns out there is no Swagger UI API endpoint for this, but my friend Arun Nukula pointed me in the right direction. If you haven't seen his blog it's phenomenal, check it out here!

curl -k -X POST "https://192.168.135.202/lcm/lcops/api/settings/productbinarydelete" \
-H "Authorization: Basic base64_encoded_password_goes_here" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
  "productId":"vrops",
  "productVersion":"9.0.0.0",
  "productBinaryType":"Install",
  "productBinaryPath":"Operations-Appliance-9.0.0.0.24695812.ova",
  "componentName":null,
  "mappingType":null,
  "productName":"operations",
  "requestId":null,
  "removeBinary":null,
  "depotType":null,
  "DownloadStatus":"IN_PROGRESS",
  "patchId":null,
  "size":"2 GB",
  "releaseDate":"17 June 2025"
}'

But how to even construct this call? Well, you have to inspect the download via your browser. I went to the INSTALL BINARIES page, right clicked and selected Inspect.

From there go to the Network tab and find your Download.

The JSON on the right is what you use to construct your call. Once run, the hung Operations Install Binary download is gone and I can re-try.

Thanks for the pro-tip Arun!