Upgrading in the Cloud Director site

Follow the upgrade path and choose an upgrade method that is available for the currently installed VMware Cloud Director Availability version. After following the prerequisites, choose a source repository for the upgrade files and upgrade each appliance in the Cloud Director site, according to a specific order.

Note: For vSphere DR and migration between vCenter Server sites, before upgrading to version 4.6 you must upgrade both sites to version 4.5. For information about upgrading vCenter Replication Management Appliance and On-Premises to Cloud vCenter Replication Appliance, see Upgrading on-premises and provider site in the Installation, Configuration, and Upgrade Guide in On-Premises and Provider Site.

Upgrade Paths

To upgrade to the latest version of VMware Cloud Director Availability in Cloud Director sites, choose an upgrade method according to the currently installed version in the site.

Current Version	Next Version	Available Upgrade Method
4.4.x or 4.5.x	4.6	You can upgrade by using the management interface, see the updated Management interface upgrading procedures. Alternatively, you can upgrade by using the command-line interface, see the updated Command-line upgrading procedures.
4.3.x or 4.4.x	4.5.x
4.2.x or 4.3.x	4.4.x
4.0.x or 4.1.x	4.2.1
3.0.x or 3.5.x	4.0	You can upgrade by using the management interface, see the legacy Management Interface Upgrading procedures. Alternatively, you can upgrade by using the command-line interface, see the legacy Command-Line Upgrading procedures.
3.0	4.0	You must upgrade only by using the command-line interface, see the legacy Command-Line Upgrading procedures.

Important:

Interoperability with paired peer sites running earlier VMware Cloud Director Availability versions:

For information about interoperability between paired sites that run mismatching versions of VMware Cloud Director Availability, see Paired sites versions interoperability.

• Before upgrading each VMware Cloud Director Availability appliance:
  • Ensure to take snapshots and follow the order of upgrading the cloud appliances, see Appliances upgrade sequence and snapshots.
  • Ensure that you have not manually enabled the Photon repository on any of the appliances.

    To verify for enabled repositories, open an SSH connection to each appliance, log in by using the root user credentials and run the following command:

    yum -v repolist all | grep enabled

    When no repository is active, the command returns no result and you can proceed with the upgrade.
  • Ensure that you have not installed any packages or third-party software or made any manual modifications of yum configuration files.
• To complete the upgrade sequence follow Post-upgrade configuration in the Cloud Director site.

Upgrade Repository

To upgrade to the latest version of VMware Cloud Director Availability in the cloud site, you can configure each appliance to download the upgrade files from one of the following source repositories.

Source Repository	Description
An ISO image	Use an upgrade ISO file mounted in the virtual appliance CD-ROM drive for environments where the network restricts the appliances online Internet access.
A specified repository	To upgrade multiple appliances or after deploying the appliances in different datastores, specify a repository as a content source: You can specify a local repository where you can upload the upgrade files, for environments where the network restricts the online Internet access to the appliances. Alternatively, with available Internet access, specify https://packages-prod.broadcom.com/vcav/4.6/ as an online upgrade repository.