VMware HCX 4.10.1 | 16 OCT 2024 | Build 24327280 (Connector), 24327281 (Cloud)

Check for additions and updates to these release notes.

About VMware HCX

VMware HCX delivers secure and seamless application mobility and infrastructure hybridity across both on-premises and in the cloud. HCX abstracts the distinct private or public vSphere resources and presents a Service Mesh as an end-to-end entity. HCX Interconnect can then provide high-performance, secure, and optimized multi-site connectivity to achieve infrastructure hybridity and present multiple options for bi-directional virtual machine mobility with technologies that facilitate the modernization of legacy data centers.

For more information, see the VMware HCX User Guide in the VMware Documentation Center.

System Requirements and Compatibility

For HCX deployment requirements, see Preparing for HCX Installation.

The following resources provide information related to HCX deployments:

Installation and Upgrade

Installing HCX 4.10.1

For sample installation workflows by deployment type, see Installing the HCX Manager Appliance.

Upgrading to HCX 4.10.1

With the introduction of single licensing framework and activation mode enhancements in HCX 4.9, and given product enhancements in HCX 4.9 and 4.10, upgrade procedures can vary based your HCX environment. For more about the impact of these changes, see Updating VMware HCX.

  • Upgrading to HCX 4.10.1 is supported from HCX 4.10.0, 4.9.0, 4.9.1, and 4.9.2 for both local and connected sites. See

    HCX Update Procedures.

    Note:

    HCX systems running versions earlier than 4.9 will not receive upgrade notification for 4.10 in HCX 443/Standalone/VC Plugin UI for both HCX Connector and HCX Cloud systems.

  • Upgrading to HCX 4.10.1 from all versions between 4.4 and 4.8.3 is a 2-step process and requires online upgrade to 4.9.2 first, using the HCX 443/Standalone/VC Plugin UI for both HCX Connector and HCX Cloud systems. See

    Upgrading the HCX Manager for Connected Sites.

    After upgrading to 4.9.2, use the upgrade procedures for either local or connected mode HCX deployments, depending on your environment, to upgrade to 4.10.1.

  • Upgrading to HCX 4.10.1 from all versions between 4.2.4 and 4.3.3 is a 3-step process which requires an offline upgrade to 4.8.3 first.

    Note:

    Refer to Upgrade HCX Manager for Local Sites to download the HCX 4.8.3 Connector and HCX 4.8.3 Cloud Manager upgrade bundle and use the HCX Manager appliance management interface, https://hcx-ip-or-fqdn:9443, to perform offline upgrade.

    For HCX deployed in VMware Cloud on AWS infrastructure, the HCX Manager appliance management UI (:9443) interface won't be accessible for the end user. VMware Cloud on AWS customers running less than HCX 4.4 versions must open a support request with Broadcom to help assist with the HCX Cloud Manager upgrade.

  • HCX EoGS versions less than 4.2.4 are not qualified for upgrade and require full redeployment to the latest and supported build.

  • Upgrade support for HCX versions past the End of General Support date will be provided on a best-effort basis.

  • All site paired systems must be upgraded.

  • All Service Mesh appliances must be upgraded to 4.10.

    For the appliance upgrade procedure, see Upgrading the HCX Service Mesh Appliances.

  • Upgrade snapshots:

    • During upgrades to HCX 4.10.1, HCX Manager snapshots are taken automatically.

    • Upgrade snapshots are only taken when an HCX Manager is deployed on the same vCenter Server registered to it. For other deployments, manual snapshots can be taken.

    • HCX retains automatic snapshots for 24 hours before deleting them.

      Note: To restore the HCX Manager from a snapshot, contact VMware Support.

  • VMware sends administrative messages to HCX systems that are running out of support and require upgrade. 

  • Upgrade compatibility information is available as a table in VMware Product Interoperability Matrix - Upgrade Path.

What's New

This release resolves CVE-2024-38814. For more information on these vulnerabilities and their impact on VMware products, see VMSA-2024-0021.

Important:

In HCX 4.9.0, VMware by Broadcom introduced a single licensing framework for activating the suite of VMware Cloud Foundation and VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) products. If you are upgrading to HCX 4.10.1 from a release prior to HCX 4.9.0, review the licensing and activation changes described in HCX 4.9.0 Release Notes.

It is recommended that all existing HCX customers upgrade as soon as possible to ensure the highest level of product portability and support across VMware products moving forward.

Resolved Issues

PR/3431956 - The proxy exclusion list not working for domain name specified in HCX Appliance-management Interface (: 9443 UI). Refer to Knowledge Base article 376763.

PR/3440794 - Unable to edit the Compute Profile if the Network Container is not associated with all hosts part of the service cluster.

Product Support Notices

Connection to VMware

  • The hybridity-depot.vmware.com and connect.hcx.vmware.com endpoints for licensing, activation, and updates are now deprecated components in the HCX architecture and will be removed in a future release.

  • The hybridity-depot.vmware.com URL will be replaced with hybridity-depot.broadcom.com in an upcoming release. A change to the allowed listings would be required for hybridity-depot.broadcom.com URL to ensure given HCX Connector or HCX Cloud Manager is able to make HTTPS outbound connections during all future version upgrades.

  • Systems with active connections will transition to local licensing mode when available for their deployment in a future release. It is important to keep your systems up to date in preparation for this transition.

V2T Migration

  • HCX V2T workload migrations using NSX Migration Coordinator is now deprecated in HCX 4.10. It will be removed in a future release of HCX.

About NSX for vSphere systems in Extended Support

  • NSX for vSphere General Support ended on January 16, 2022.

  • NSX for vSphere systems in Technical Guidance (under Extended Support contracts) are only supported at the evacuation site (source), with HCX Connector.

  • To determine the HCX Connector version for evacuation, refer to Knowlege Base articles 82702 and 71398.

Note that HCX Cloud installations require current (Generally Available) VMware software components.  NSX for vSphere is not suitable or supported for HCX Cloud installations.

check-circle-line exclamation-circle-line close-line
Scroll to top icon