Use the checklist to track your work on the upgrade process.

Table 1. Upgrade NSX-T Data Center
Task Instructions
Review the known upgrade problems and workaround documented in the NSX-T Data Center release notes. See the NSX-T Data Center Release Notes.
Follow the system configuration requirements and prepare your infrastructure. See the system requirements section of the NSX-T Data Center Installation Guide.
Evaluate the operational impact of the upgrade. See Operational Impact of the NSX-T Data Center Upgrade.
Upgrade your supported hypervisor. See Upgrading Your Host OS.
If you have an earlier version of NSX Intelligence installed, upgrade NSX Intelligence first. See Activating and Upgrading VMware NSX Intelligencefor version 3.2 or later at https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-NSX-Intelligence/index.html.
Complete the Pre-Upgrade Tasks. See Pre-Upgrade Tasks.
Verify that the NSX-T Data Center environment is in a healthy state. See Verify the Current State of NSX-T Data Center.
Download the latest NSX-T Data Center upgrade bundle. See Download the NSX-T Data Center Upgrade Bundle.
If you are using NSX Cloud for your public cloud workload VMs, upgrade NSX Cloud components. See Upgrading NSX Cloud Components.
Upgrade your upgrade coordinator. See Upgrade the Upgrade Coordinator.
Upgrade the NSX Edge cluster. See Upgrade NSX Edge Cluster.
Upgrade the hosts. See Configuring and Upgrading Hosts .
Upgrade the Management plane. See Upgrade Management Plane.
Post-upgrade tasks. See Verify the Upgrade.
Troubleshoot upgrade errors. See Troubleshooting Upgrade Failures.