You can upgrade vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager as an in-place upgrade in VMware Cloud Foundation. The information in vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager and its internal state will remain unchanged. To trigger the upgrade, download the vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager upgrade bundle.
Prerequisites
- Ensure that you have run the upgrade precheck and addressed any issues identified. See Perform Update Precheck.
- Ensure that you have a recent sucessfull backup of the vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager appliance.
- Download the VMware Software Update bundle for vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager. See Downloading Bundles.
Note: All vRealize Suite upgrades are sequential. You may have to download and apply multiple bundles, depending on the current product versions in your environment.
- If FIPS Mode Compliance is enabled in vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager, you must manually deactivate it on the vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager UI. See Enable or Disable FIPS Mode Compliance in vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager. You can re-enable FIPS Mode Compliance after the upgrade.