The Service Mesh appliances are upgraded independently of the HCX Managers: HCX Connector and HCX Cloud Manager. Service Mesh appliances are flagged for available updates anytime the HCX Manager has newer software available.
HCX has both system manager and Service Mesh appliances. You deploy HCX Connector and HCX Cloud manager in the vCenter. When creating the Service Mesh, the HCX manager deploys the Service Mesh appliances based on the site entitlements and Compute Profile configuration. The Service Mesh initiates a secure pipeline and activates the mobility and Network Extension operations between sites.
- Upgrade the HCX managers prior to upgrading the Service Mesh appliances.
- Service Mesh appliances (IX and NE) should be upgraded to the same version as HCX Managers.
- If mobility operations are in progress using IX appliances, or networks are extended using NE appliances, you can delay upgrading Service Mesh appliances until the operations have been completed, and plan the appliance upgrade during a separate maintenance window.
Prerequisites
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You have upgraded site-paired HCX Managers to the same version on both the source and the destination site in a site pair.
Procedure
Results
When the Service Mesh appliances converge to a Tunnel Up state, the upgrade is complete.
The Service Mesh appliances apply the updates, reboot, and become operational in less than two minutes after rebooting.