You can upgrade the available data solutions and their instances within the VMware Cloud Director extension for Data Solutions.

When you upgrade a solution, you upgrade the solution version of an operator, which runs within a Kubernetes cluster. The package in the container registry determines the available versions of a solution. When you upgrade a solution instance, you upgrade the engine version of an instance, which runs within a Kubernetes cluster. Solution upgrade and instance upgrade are separate operations, apart from VMware SQL with Postgres for Kubernetes. The upgrade of VMware SQL with Postgres for Kubernetes includes both the solution version and the instance version.

Upgrade a solution

Procedure

  1. Log in to VMware Cloud Director extension for Data Solutions from VMware Cloud Director.
  2. Click Solutions and on the solution card, click Upgrade.
    1. Select the clusters to which you want to apply the upgrade.
      Note: If you upgrade VMware SQL with Postgres for Kubernetes, all instances of this solution, within the cluster, are automatically updated.
    2. Select the upgrade version.
    3. Acknowledge that you have read and completed the pre-upgrade actions and click Upgrade.

Upgrade a solution instance

Procedure

  1. Log in to VMware Cloud Director extension for Data Solutions from VMware Cloud Director.
  2. Click Instances and select the solution instance that you want to upgrade.
    1. Review all instances of the solution within this cluster, select any additional instances that you want to upgrade, and click Next.
    2. Select the upgrade version, review and acknowledge the instructions, and click Upgrade.