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.

Note:

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 .

The items covered in this topic are as follows:

  1. vAppliance properties' definition and usage

  2. Example of ovftool deploy command

  3. Example of appliance data flow operations

  4. Example of appliance upgrade