The upgrade components have interdependencies. When upgrading the components, you must follow a particular upgrade sequence for minimal impact to running workloads and for avoiding interoperability issues.
This upgrade sequence applies to both 2-Pod and 3-Pod design.
The following table lists the standard sequence in which you upgrade the components of Telco Cloud Infrastructure Cloud Director Edition. To upgrade Telco Cloud Infrastructure Cloud Director Edition from version 1.0 to 1.5, upgrade only the following components in the specified sequence:
VMware Cloud Director
VMware NSX-T Data Center
VMware vRealize Log Insight
Component |
Management Pod |
Resource and Edge Pod |
Disaster Recovery Pod |
|---|---|---|---|
VMware Cloud Director® Cells and Database |
1 |
||
VMware vSphere® Replication™ |
2 |
4 |
|
VMware Site Recovery Manager™ |
3 |
5 |
|
VMware vCenter™ Server/VMware vSphere Update Manager |
6 |
11 |
7 |
NSX-T Edge* -> host VIBs -> Manager Upgrade * In the management pod, NSX-T edge upgrade is required for LB. |
8 |
8 |
|
VMware ESXi™ / VMware vSAN™ |
10 |
12 |
9 |
VMware vRealize® Network Insight™ |
13 |
||
VMware vRealize® Orchestrator™ |
13 |
||
VMware vRealize® Log Insight™ |
13 |
||
VMware vRealize® Operations™ |
13 |
