Appendix D: vCloud Director Upgrade Considerations : Phase 1 Process : Pre-Upgrade Considerations
   
Pre-Upgrade Considerations
The following process assumes that all vCloud components are turned off so that backups and snapshots are data consistent prior to any upgrade work.
Table 28. Pre-Upgrade Considerations
#
Component
Consideration
Resource
1
DNS
*Lower TTL on DNS.
*Redirect to maintenance page.
DNS administrator
2
vCloud Director Cells
*Suspend vCloud Director scheduler and shutdown first cell.
*Repeat for subsequent cells.
*Back up or take a snapshot of virtual machines.
vCloud administrator
 
vSphere administrator
3
VMware Service Manager
*Back up the Service Manager database.
*Shut down Service Manager.
*Backup and/or snapshot of virtual machine.
vCloud administrator
vSphere administrator
4
vCloud Director database
Back up the vCloud Director database.
Database administrator
5
Chargeback Managers
Shut down vCenter Chargeback servers and perform backup or take a snapshot of virtual machines.
vSphere administrator
6
Chargeback database
Back up the Chargeback database.
Database administrator