Apply the VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.x Upgrade Bundle

The VMware Cloud Foundation Upgrade bundle upgrades the SDDC Manager appliance and VMware Cloud Foundation services.

After SDDC Manager is upgraded to 5.2 or later, new functionality is introduced that allows you to upgrade SDDC Manager without having to upgrade the entire VMware Cloud Foundation BOM. See Independent SDDC Manager Upgrade using the SDDC Manager UI.

Prerequisites

Download the VMware Cloud Foundation update bundle for your target release. See Downloading VMware Cloud Foundation Upgrade Bundles.
Ensure you have a recent successful backup of SDDC Manager using an external SFTP server.
Ensure you have taken a snapshot of the SDDC Manager appliance.
Ensure you have recent successful backups of the components managed by SDDC Manager.
Perform Update Precheck in SDDC Manager and resolve any issues.

Procedure

In the navigation pane, click Inventory > Workload Domains.
On the Workload Domains page, click the management domain and then click the Updates tab.
In the Available Updates section, select the target VMware Cloud Foundation release or click Plan Upgrade.
The available options depend on the source version of VMware Cloud Foundation.
- For VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5.x, select the target version.
- For VMware Cloud Foundation 5.x, click Plan Upgrade, select a target version, and click Confirm.
Click Update Now or Schedule Update next to the VMware Cloud Foundation Upgrade bundle.
If you selected Schedule Update, select the date and time for the bundle to be applied and click Schedule.

If you clicked Update Now, the VMware Cloud Foundation Update Status window displays the components that will be upgraded and the upgrade status. Click View Update Activity to view the detailed tasks. After the upgrade is completed, a green bar with a check mark is displayed.
Click Finish.
When the update completes successfully, you are logged out of the SDDC Manager UI and must log in again.