This section details the upgrade and patching best practices.

This section is broken into the separate layers of infrastructure:

  • vSphere (ESXi and vCenter) installations
  • ECS 3.0
  • Individual applications

The guidelines provided here can be used within internet-restricted environments as required. An extra preparation step is necessary in downloading the upgrade or patch files to be used from an internet-capable machine, and then transferring these into the test or production environments in a secure, compliant manner.