Starting with NSX Advanced Load Balancer release 21.1.1, the upgrade version and the last upgrade date information are available for the Controller and Service Engines(SEs) for deployment in AWS cloud.
Tags To Check Upgrade Status
The following tags are available for Controller and Service Engines to track the upgrade status:
AVI_VERSION- the latest version for NSX Advanced Load Balancer Controller and SEs.
AVI_UPGRADED_ON- the date and the timestamp when the software version upgrade was completed.
Tagging the NSX Advanced Load Balancer Controller
These tags are available only for NSX Advanced Load Balancer Controllers which are deployed with IAM roles attached. Upgrade tags are not supported for deployment of Controller using the access key and secret key.
Tagging NSX Advanced Load Balancer SEs
The tags are populated for SEs, irrespective of the access methods used for AWS cloud creation.
Checking Upgrade Status
The tags are available for the Controller and SE instances in the AWS Console.
The above screenshot indicates that the installed version of NSX Advanced Load Balancer is 21.1.1 and the upgrade was successfully completed on 2021-07-21 at 06:26:10 UTC.
On initial deployment, AVI_UPGRADED_ON shows the build date for the Controller and SE software.
