VMware Telco Cloud Platform follows strict product upgrade guidelines. You must adhere to the upgrade checklist before performing the upgrade.
Ensure that the existing Telco Cloud solution deployed in your production environment is functional.
Ensure that the Telco Cloud Platform 5.0 bundle is downloaded and accessible.
Ensure that the production environment has enough storage capacity for backups and snapshots.
Take a snapshot and back up the management components of the Telco Cloud solution in the production environment.
Ensure that all the components of the Telco Cloud solution in the production environment are patched to the latest.
Based on the components identified in the Upgrade Sequence section, develop an upgrade plan for the Telco Cloud solution.