Life Cycle Management Design for Cloud-Based Workload Protection for VMware Cloud Foundation

Life cycle management design details the design decisions for the life cycle management of the VMware Live Cyber Recovery and HCX Connector appliances.

Life cycle management of Cloud-Based Workload Protection for VMware Cloud Foundation involves over-the-air and automatic updates to the VMware Live Cyber Recovery Connector appliances and a manual upgrade for the HCX Connector appliance.

Table 1. Design Decisions on Life Cycle Management of the Connector Appliances

Decision ID	Design Decision	Design Justification	Design Implication
CBW-CDP-LCM-001	Use the VMware Cloud Services automatic over-the-air service to perform the upgrades to the VMware Live Cyber Recovery Connector appliances.	The VMware Live Cyber Recovery service pushes upgrades automatically.	None.
CBW-CDP-LCM-002	Manually upgrade the HCX Connector appliance using the built-in tools.	An upgrade package must be downloaded and applied to the HCX appliance to perform an upgrade.	None.