After you upgrade the NSX Manager instances in Region A and Region B, upgrade the NSX Controller instances for the management cluster and for the shared edge and compute cluster. You upgrade the NSX Controllers clusters immediately after the upgrade the of the primary and secondary NSX Manager instances so that you keep their versions aligned.

You can use the Upgrade Coordinator functionality to orchestrate the upgrade of the NSX components in the environment. You can select individual components, or group multiple components together and adjust the number of components to be upgraded according to the duration of the maintenance window. For this design, you upgrade the components one by one so that you maintain control.

First, you upgrade the NSX Controller instances for the management cluster. Then, you upgrade the NSX Controller instances for the shared edge and compute cluster. You can perform these operations in the same or separate maintenance windows, but you must perform the upgrade immediately after the upgrade of the primary and secondary NSX Manager instances per cluster.

Table 1. NSX Controller Nodes in Region A

Order

Region

NSX Manager

NSX Manager IP Address

NSX Controller IP Address

1

Region A

Primary NSX Manager for the management cluster

172.16.11.65

172.16.11.118

172.16.11.119

172.16.11.120

2

Region A

Primary NSX Manager for the shared edge and compute cluster

172.16.11.66

172.16.31.118

172.16.31.119

172.16.31.120

Procedure

  1. In a Web browser, log in to vCenter Server by using the vSphere Client.
    Setting Value
    URL https://sfo01m01vc01.sfo01.rainpole.local/ui
    User name administrator@vsphere.local
    Password vsphere_admin_password
  2. In the Networking and security inventory, click Installation and upgrade.
  3. On the Upgrade tab, from the NSX Manager drop-down menu, select the 172.16.11.65 | Primary NSX Manager instance, and click Plan Upgrade.
  4. On the Select Upgrade Plan page of the Upgrade Components wizard, select Plan Your Upgrade and click Next.
  5. On the Plan Content page, configure the following settings and click Next.

    Setting

    Value

    Select Components

    Clusters

    Deselected

    Universal Logical Routers

    Deselected

    NSX Edges

    Deselected

    Guest Introspection

    Deselected

    Define Pause Upgrade Options

    Pause between components

    Yes

    Pause on error

    Yes
  6. On the Review Plan page, verify that Pause between components and Pause on error are set to Yes, and click Start Upgrade.
  7. Monitor the progress of the upgrade of the NSX Controllers node.

    • On the Upgrade tab, click View Details.

      The Planned Controllers Upgrade Details dialog box shows the overall progress of the controller upgrade.

    • On the Management tab, click NSX Controller Nodes.

      The Status and Upgrade Status columns show the following stages for each NSX Controller:

      Note:

      Each NSX Controller might be in a different state.

  8. When the upgrade completes for each NSX Controller node, to confirm that all NSX Controller nodes are connected to the NSX Manager, click the Management > NSX Controller nodes tab and verify that each upgraded NSX Controller has the following configuration.

    Setting

    Expected Value

    Status

    Connected

    Software Version

    6.4.5.build_number
  9. After the upgrade completes for all NSX Controller nodes, on the Upgrade tab, click Resume.
  10. After the upgrade completes for the NSX Controller cluster for the management cluster, repeat the procedure on the NSX Controller cluster for the shared edge and compute cluster in Region A.