Life Cycle Management Design for Cloud-Based Automation for VMware Cloud Foundation

Life cycle management details the design decisions for the life cycle management of the Cloud Proxy and the Cloud Extensibility Proxy appliances.

Life cycle management of Cloud-Based Automation for VMware Cloud Foundation involves the process of applying updates or upgrades to Cloud Proxy and Cloud Extensibility Proxy. After the deployment of the cloud proxies, Cloud Assembly provides the life cycle management of the appliances.

Table 1. Design Decisions on Life Cycle Management

Decision ID	Design Decision	Design Justification	Design Implication
CBA-CDP-LCM-001	Use Cloud Assembly to apply Cloud Proxy appliance upgrades.	Cloud Assembly provides the ability to mange the life cycle management of the Cloud Proxy appliance.	None.
CBA-CEP-LCM-001	Use Cloud Assembly to apply Cloud Extensibility Proxy appliance upgrades.	Cloud Assembly provides the ability to mange the life cycle management of the Cloud Extensibility Proxy appliance.	None.