You can manually upgrade the VMware Telco Cloud Automation appliances that are activated in the Standalone mode.

Procedure

  1. Go to the VMware Customer Connect site at my.vmware.com, download the VMware Telco Cloud Automation upgrade bundle.
  2. Save the upgrade bundle in a jump host that can access the appliance to be upgraded.
  3. Navigate to the Appliance Management interface https//tca-appliance-ip-or-fqdn:9443.
  4. Click the Administration tab and select Upgrade.
  5. Details of the current installed version, upgrade date, and upgrade state are displayed. Click Upgrade.
  6. To upgrade to a newer version, click Browse and upload the upgrade bundle.
  7. Click Continue.
    Important: You can upgrade only VMware Telco Cloud Automation 2.1-based environments to VMware Telco Cloud Automation 2.2. Therefore, If you have an older version, upgrade to VMware Telco Cloud Automation 2.1 first by following the steps provided in Upgrade to VMware Telco Cloud Automation 2.1 and then upgrade to VMware Telco Cloud Automation 2.2.

Results

The appliance upgrades to the newer version.
Note: The Upgrade option is not available for HA-based VMware Telco Cloud Automation deployments.