VMware Telco Cloud Platform 5.0 supports the following upgrade paths:
Telco Cloud Platform 4.0.1 > 5.0
Telco Cloud Platform 4.0 > 5.0
Telco Cloud Platform 3.0 > 5.0
If you are using Telco Cloud Infrastructure - Cloud Director Edition 2.2, upgrade to Telco Cloud Platform 5.0 in the following sequence:
Telco Cloud Infrastructure - Cloud Director Edition 2.2 > Telco Cloud Platform 4.0.1 > Telco Cloud Platform 5.0
For instructions to upgrade Telco Cloud Infrastructure to Telco Cloud Platform 4.0.1, see the Telco Cloud Platform 4.0 Upgrade Guide.
For information about features supported in these Telco Cloud Platform releases, see the Telco Cloud Platform 5.0 Release Notes.
The following table lists the source and target versions of the components to be upgraded:
To download these components, see the VMware Telco Cloud Platform Essentials or Advanced downloads page.
Depending on whether you upgrade the CNF or VNF workload deployment, you can skip upgrading the components that are not relevant.
Component |
Telco Cloud Platform 3.0 |
Telco Cloud Platform 4.0 |
Telco Cloud Platform 4.0.1 |
Telco Cloud Platform 5.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
VMware ESXi™ |
8.0b or 8.0 U1 |
8.0 U2b |
8.0 U2b |
8.0 U3 |
VMware vCenter |
8.0b, 8.0 U1, or 8.0 U1d |
8.0 U2c |
8.0 U2c |
8.0 U3 |
VMware vSAN™ |
8.0b or 8.0 U1 |
8.0 U2b |
8.0 U2b |
8.0 U3 |
VMware Cloud Director™ |
NA |
10.4.2 |
10.4.2 |
10.6 |
VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator™ (formerly vRealize® Orchestrator™) |
8.11.1 or 8.12 |
8.16.1 |
8.16.1 |
8.18 |
VMware NSX® (formerly NSX-T™ Data Center) |
4.1.0.2 or 4.1.1 |
4.1.2.1 |
4.1.2.1 |
4.2 |
VMware Telco Cloud Automation™ |
2.3 |
3.1 |
3.1.1 |
3.2 |
VMware Telco Cloud Automation Airgap Server |
2.3 |
3.1 |
3.1.1 |
3.2 |
Harbor for CNFs |
NA |
NA |
2.9.3 |
2.10.2 |
VMware Tanzu™ Kubernetes Grid™ |
2.1.1 |
2.5 Note: Tanzu Kubernets Grid 2.1.1 is also supported. |
2.5.1 Note: Tanzu Kubernets Grid 2.1.1 is also supported. |
2.5.2 Note: Tanzu Kubernets Grid 2.1.1 is also supported. |
VMware® Avi™ Load Balancer (formerly VMware NSX® Advanced Load Balancer™) |
22.1.3 |
22.1.6 |
22.1.6 |
30.2.1 |
Avi Kubernetes Operator (AKO) |
1.9 |
1.11.3 |
1.11.3 |
1.12.2 |
VMware Bare Metal Automation™ for VMware Telco Cloud Platform™ |
NA |
4.0 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
VMware Telco Cloud Service Assurance™ |
NA |
2.4 |
2.4 |
2.4 |
VMware Aria Operations™ |
8.10.2 |
8.18 |
8.18 |
8.18 |
VMware Aria Operations™ for Logs |
8.10.2 |
8.16 |
8.16 |
8.18 |
VMware Aria Operations™ for Networks |
6.9 |
6.12.1 |
6.12.1 |
6.13 |
VMware vSphere® Replication™ |
NA |
9.0 |
9.0 |
9.0.2 |
VMware Live Site Recovery™ (formerly VMware Site Recovery Manager™) |
NA |
9.0 |
9.0 |
9.0.2 |
AKO: To know the AKO version that is compatible with VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid and Kubernetes versions, see the AKO Compatibility Guide.
