The life cycle management involves the process of performing patch updates or upgrades to Workspace ONE Access in VMware Cloud Foundation.

vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager deploys and manages the life cycle of the Workspace ONE Access cluster.

Table 1. Design Decisions on Life Cycle Management for Workspace ONE Access

Decision ID

Design Decision

Design Justification

Design Implication

VCF-VRS-WSA-LCM-001

Use vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager to perform the life cycle management of the Workspace ONE Access cluster.

vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager automates the life cycle of the Workspace ONE Access cluster.

SDDC Manager provides the upgrade bundles for Workspace ONE Access to vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager, but does not support initiating a Workspace ONE Access upgrades through the integration with vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager.

Upgrades of Workspace ONE Access require a bundle download in SDDC Manager, and a sync to vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager, before invoking the life cycle automation workflows in vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager.

For information about the integration of the Workspace ONE Access deployment with vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager, see Life Cycle Operations Design for vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager.