The upgrade version and the last upgrade date information are available for the Controller and SEs for deployment in the AWS cloud.

Tags To Check Upgrade Status

The following tags are available for the Controller and SEs to track the upgrade status:

  • AVI_VERSION - the latest NSX Advanced Load Balancer version for the Controller and Service Engine

  • AVI_UPGRADED_ON - the date and the timestamp when the software version upgrade was completed.

Tagging NSX Advanced Load Balancer Controller

These tags are available only for Controllers, which are deployed with IAM roles attached. Upgrade tags are not supported for the deployment of the Controller using the access key and secret key. The upgrade version and the last upgrade date information are available for Controller and SEs for deployment in the AWS cloud.

Tagging NSX Advanced Load Balancer SEs

SEs have these tags populated irrespective of the access methods used for AWS cloud creation.

Checking Upgrade Status

The tags are available in the AWS Console for the Controller and SE instances.



The above screenshot depicts NSX Advanced Load Balancer at version 21.1.1, and the upgrade was successfully completed on 2021-07-21 at 06:26:10 UTC.

Note:

On initial deployment, AVI_UPGRADED_ON shows the build date for the Controller and SE software.