After the cloud site is upgraded, you can upgrade the on-premises appliance. Follow the upgrade path and choose an upgrade method that is available for the currently installed VMware Cloud Director Availability version. Then choose a source repository for the upgrade files and upgrade the VMware Cloud Director Availability On-Premises Appliance.
Upgrade Paths
To upgrade to the latest version of the VMware Cloud Director Availability On-Premises Appliance, use the following upgrade methods, according to the currently installed version.
| Current Version | Next Version | Upgrade Method |
|---|---|---|
| 4.0.x | 4.1 |
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| 3.5.x | 4.0 |
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| 3.0.x | ||
| 3.0 | 4.0 | You must upgrade only by using the command-line interface, see the legacy Command-Line Upgrading On-Premises procedures. |
For more information, see the Upgrade Path of the VMware Cloud Director Availability On-Premises Appliance in the VMware Product Interoperability Matrix.
Upgrade Repository
To upgrade VMware Cloud Director Availability on-premises, you can configure the VMware Cloud Director Availability On-Premises Appliance to download the upgrade files from one of the following source repositories.
| Repository | Description |
|---|---|
| An ISO image | Use an upgrade ISO file mounted in the virtual appliance CD-ROM drive for environments without an external Internet access. |
| A specified repository | To upgrade multiple appliances or when the appliances are deployed in different datastores, specify a repository as a content source:
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