By using the VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager UI, you can upgrade VMware Cloud Director, vRealize Operations Manager Tenant App, RabbitMQ, and vCloud Usage Meter.

The VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager upgrade process consists of two phases - validation and product upgrade. When you initiate the product upgrade, by default, VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager runs a validation before starting the product upgrade.

Procedure

  1. To access the VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager UI, navigate to https://vcplcm-host-name and login as vcplcm.
  2. In the top navigation bar, click Environments.
  3. In the product card, from the Actions drop down menu, select Upgrade.
    The Upgrade <product-name> window opens.
  4. From the Target Versions drop down menu, select the version to which you want to upgrade.
  5. (Optional) To configure the advanced settings, expand the Advanced Settings menu.
    By default, the Disable Rollback and Delete Backup toggles are deactivated.

    When you initiate a product upgrade, during the workflow, VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager creates snapshots in the form of checkpoints. If the upgrade process fails, you can resume the workflow by using a snapshot.

    If you keep the Disable Rollback toggle turned off, the system creates one snapshot at the beginning of the upgrade process and in the case of an upgrade failure, automatically resumes the workflow from this checkpoint.

    If you turn on the Disable Rollback toggle, the system creates multiple snapshots and you can manually resume the workflow by using any of them.

  6. (Optional) To initiate the product upgrade without running a validation, turn on the Skip validation toggle and click Ok.
  7. To upgrade, click Ok.

What to do next

If the upgrade fails and you want to resume the workflow from a specific checkpoint, see Resume a product upgrade from a checkpoint.