In order to enable product downloads in lifecycle manager we need to go to Lifecycle Operations

The image shows the “Lifecycle Operations” option under “My Services” in vRealize Lifecycle Manager.

Settings -> My vmware

Settings page in vRealize Lifecycle Manager showing VMware management options.

Add my vmware account. Make sure the account added has a proper entitlement to perform downloads and patches.

With the releases of 8.x and above we now have a password vault that we need to add the passwords to. When presented with the add my VMware Account Detail screen press on Click here to add a new password

Add VMware account detail; click to add new password, required fields: username and credential.

Type in the details for your password and press add

Password setup form with fields for alias, password, confirmation, description, and username.

Click on Select Credential and add the new password you created, add the username, click validate and then add

Add VMware account details: Enter username, select credential, validate, add.

After the process is complete we can go back to settings and click on Binary Mapping

Settings page with options like System Details, Logs, and Binary Mapping.

This will take us to the Product Binary page where we can click on Add Binaries

Binary Mapping page in vRSLCM, showing Product Binaries tab with no entries.

We can add binaries from a local source, NFS, My VMware or Windows ISO. In this scenario we can download the binaries directly from My VMware. Click on my VMware and click discover

Add Product Binary step shows My VMware selected, discovering products.

In my case i want to download vRealize Automation and VMware Identity Manager. So i selected th downloads as install type and clicked on add

The image shows a step in vRealize Lifecycle Manager where products are selected for download, with vRealize Automation and VMware Identity Manager chosen as install types.

We are now presented with a link where we can track the status of the download. Click on Click here to check the status request

In vRealize Lifecycle Manager, you see a successful binary mapping request submission with a link to track its status.

In my case i was taken to Requests page and i can now see that there are 2 tasks In Progress for binary download

Requests page shows 2 tasks in progress for VMware product binary downloads.

I can get more details by clicking on the In Progress link

Request Details showing In Progress status with Stage 1 and MyVmwareDownload.

After a little while my downloads were complete