VMware Cloud Foundation does not manage upgrades for VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle and the VMware Aria Suite products. Use VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle to upgrade VMware Aria Suite products.

If you had VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle, VMware Aria Operations for Logs, VMware Aria Automation, VMware Aria Operations, or Workspace ONE Access in your pre-upgrade environment, you must upgrade them from VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle.

Use VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle to:

  • Download upgrade binaries
  • Create snapshots of the virtual appliances
  • Run pre-upgrade checks
  • Upgrade VMware Aria Suite products
You can upgrade VMware Aria Suite products as new versions become available in VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle. VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle will only allow upgrades to compatible and supported versions of VMware Aria Suite products.
Note: See the VMware Interoperability Matrix for information about which versions are supported with your version of VMware Cloud Foundation and KB 88829 for more information about supported upgrade paths using VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle.
Important: The VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2 BOM requires VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.18 or higher.
Note: The VMware Aria Suite of products were formerly known as the vRealize Suite of products.

Procedure

  1. Log in to VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle at https://<aria_suite_lifecycle_manager_fqdn> as the administrator.
  2. Upgrade VMware Aria Suite products.
    Upgrade VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle first and then upgrade VMware Aria Suite products.
    See “Upgrading VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle and VMware Aria Suite Products” in the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle Installation, Upgrade, and Management Guide for your current version of VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle.