You can upgrade the VMware Telco Cloud Automation or VMware Telco Cloud Automation Control Plane appliances using the upgrade bundle.
Note: The option to upgrade VMware Telco Cloud Automation using the upgrade bundle is only available for VM-based VMware Telco Cloud Automation.
Procedure
- Browse to support.broadcom.com.
- Login using your Broadcom credentials.
- Ensure that you select the Software Defined Edge group in the drop down on the top right.
- Browse to My Downloads > VMware Telco Cloud Automation.
- Expand the VMware Telco Cloud Automation row by clicking on it.
- Select the appropriate release number.
- Read through and agree to the Broadcom Terms and Conditions.
- Download the appropriate VMware Telco Cloud Automation Upgrade Bundle.
- Save the upgrade bundle in a jump host and ensure that the jump host can access the appliance to be upgraded.
- Log in to the Appliance Management interface through FQDN. For example,
https://tca-cp-ip-or-fqdn:9443
.
- Click .
On the Upgrade page, details about the current installed version, upgrade date, and upgrade state are displayed.
- Click Upgrade.
- Choose the ISO upgrade bundle and click Continue.
- After the upgrade is completed, Reboot button will be shown on UI.
- Click Reboot (This will perform the post upgrade operations and reboot the VM).
- After few mins, when the Appliance Management is up, login again and check the status of the TCA on the appliance management dashboard <TCA Status: Ready> when all the services are up and ready. Else it will show the services status.
Results
The appliance upgrades to a newer version.