Bundle Types

VMware Cloud Foundation includes two types of bundles.

Upgrade Bundles

An upgrade bundle contains bits to update the VMware Cloud Foundation software components in your management domain or VI workload domain. In most cases, an upgrade bundle must be applied to the management domain before it can be applied to VI workload domains.

Some upgrade bundles are cumulative bundles. With a cumulative upgrade bundle, you can directly upgrade the software components in a workload domain to the version contained in the cumulative bundle rather than applying sequential upgrades to reach the target version. Cumulative bundles are available only for vCenter Server and ESXi.

Note that you can apply a cumulative bundle to a VI workload domain only if the target release in the bundle is lower than or at the same version as the management domain. If the cumulative bundle is available for both the management domain and VI workload domains, you must apply it to the management domain before applying it to VI workload domains.

Install Bundles

If you updated the software components in the management domain, you may need an install bundle to deploy a new VI workload domain so that it includes the same software versions as the management domain.

You need to download an install bundle in order to deploy vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager.