Before you upgrade the Telco Cloud solution components, ensure that you take snapshots and backups of all the components as a prerequisite. If a component upgrade fails, you can use the snapshot and backup to restore the component to its previous version.

  • VMware Cloud Director (cells and database):

    1. Take a snapshot of the VMware Cloud Director appliance. For instructions, see Creating a Snapshot of a VM.

    2. Back up the embedded database of the VMware Cloud Director appliance. For instructions, see Backup and Restore of VMware Cloud Director Appliance.

  • vSphere Replication: Take a snapshot of the vSphere Replication Appliance VM. For instructions, see Creating a Snapshot of a VM.

  • Live Site Recovery: Take a snapshot of the Live Site Recovery virtual appliance and Back Up the Embedded vPostgres Database. For instructions, see Creating a Snapshot of a VM and Back Up the Embedded Database.

  • vCenter:

    • Take a VM snapshot of the vCenter appliance. For instructions, see Creating a Snapshot of a VM.

    • Create a file-based backup of the vCenter appliance using the vCenter interface. For instructions, see File-Based Backup and Restore of vCenter Server.

  • NSX Manager: Back up the NSX Manager configuration. For instructions, see Backing Up and Restoring NSX Manager or Global Manager.

  • ESXi and vSAN: Back up the ESXi host configuration. For instructions, see KB2042141.

  • Aria Operations for Networks: Take a VM snapshot of the Aria Operations for Networks deployment. For instructions, see KB55829 and Backup a VMware Aria Operations for Networks Deployment.

  • Aria Automation Orchestrator: Take a VM snapshot of the Aria Automation Orchestrator deployment. For instructions, see Creating a Snapshot of a VM.

    Caution:

    Aria Automation Orchestrator 8.x does not support memory snapshots. Before taking the snapshot, ensure that the Snapshot the virtual machine's memory option is deactivated.

  • Aria Operations for Logs: Take a VM snapshot of the Aria Operations for Logs cluster nodes. For instructions, see Creating a Snapshot of a VM.

  • Aria Operations: Take a VM snapshot of the Aria Operations nodes. For instructions, see Creating a Snapshot of a VM.

  • Telco Cloud Automation: Take a VM snapshot of the Telco Cloud Automation appliance. For instructions, see Creating a Snapshot of a VM.

  • Avi Load Balancer: Take a VM snapshot of Avi Load Balancer. For instructions, see Creating a Snapshot of a VM.