This section introduces the approach to deploy, utilize, and upgrade VMware Telco Cloud Automation 3.0.0 Airgap Appliance on vSphere platform.
It is a new deployment in OVA format with all services pre-installed in it. If you wish to use the traditional airgap setup approach, see Configuring an Airgap Repository section.
TCA 3.0.0 is the last release that supports traditional airgap setup approach. After TCA 3.0 release, only airgap appliance OVA setup will be available. VMware provides migration approach to migrate existing airgap server which setup on TCA 2.3.x release or earlier to latest airgap appliance OVA. For more information, see Migrate existing airgap server to TCA airgap appliance.
The items covered in this topic are as follows:
vAppliance properties' definition and usage
Example of ovftool deploy command
Example of appliance data flow operations
Example of appliance upgrade
