Solution | Initial Version | Target Version |
vCloud Director | 5.6.4 | 8.10 |
vCloud Networking and Security / VMware NSX | vCloud Networking and Security 5.5.4 | VMware NSX 6.2.2 |
vSphere (vCenter Server and ESXi) | 5.5U2 | 6.0U2 |
vCenter Chargeback Manager | 2.7 | 2.7.x1 |
Step | Description | vCloud Director Portal Impact | Manageability Impact | Workload Impact |
1. | Upgrade vCenter Chargeback Manager from 2.7 to 2.7.x. | None | None | None |
2. | Upgrade vCloud Director from 5.6.4 to 8.0.1. This can be done as a rolling upgrade when only the last cell and database configure script actually requires vCloud Director downtime. | Yes (in minutes) | Yes (in minutes) | None |
3. | Disable a specific vCenter Server instance in vCloud Director1. Then upgrade the related vShield Manager with the VMware-vShield-Manager-Upgrade-bundle-to-NSX upgrade bundle. After the upgrade is complete, enable the vCenter Server in vCloud Director. | None | Yes for the workloads managed by the specific vCenter Server (30-60 mins) | None |
4. | Repeat step 3 for all other vCenter Server instances managed by vCloud Director. | |||
5. | Deploy the NSX Controller cluster. | None | None | None |
6. | Upgrade VMware NSX VIBs on all hosts (see Section 4.6). | None | None | None |
7. | (Optional) Change the control plane mode and migrate all VXLAN networks. | None | None | None |
8. | Disable a specific vCenter Server instance in vCloud Director2. Upgrade the vCenter Server from 5.5U2 to 6.0U2. When complete, enable the vCenter Server in vCloud Director. | None | Yes, for the workloads managed by the specific vCenter Server (30-60 mins) | None |
9. | Repeat step 8 for all other vCenter Server instances managed by vCloud Director. | |||
10. | Upgrade each ESXi host. (Use a similar approach to that discussed in Section 4.6.) | None | None | None |
11. | Upgrade vCloud Director from 8.0.1 to 8.10. This can be done as a rolling upgrade when only the last cell and database configure script actually requires vCloud Director downtime. | Yes (in minutes) | Yes (in minutes) | None |
12. | (Optional) Upgrade all NSX Edge gateways to version 6.2. | None | None | A few seconds of network impact on each NSX Edge gateway |