To upgrade successfully vCloud Availability, in all sites you upgrade each vCloud Availability appliance according to a specific order.

Upgrade the vCloud Availability sites in the following order:
  1. Upgrade all vCloud Availability appliances in the local cloud site.
  2. Upgrade all vCloud Availability appliances in remote cloud sites.
  3. Upgrade all vCloud Availability On-Premises Appliance nodes.
In a vCloud Availability cloud site, upgrade all the appliances according to the following procedure.

Prerequisites

  • Verify that before starting the upgrade, current snapshots of all the appliances exist in the site.
  • Verify that the sites are prepared for replication interruptions and Recovery Point Objective (RPO) violations.

Procedure

  1. Upgrade the vCloud Availability Cloud Replication Management Appliance.
  2. Upgrade all vCloud Availability Cloud Replicator Appliance nodes.
  3. Upgrade the vCloud Availability Cloud Tunnel Appliance.

Results

The vCloud Availability cloud site is upgraded.

What to do next

After upgrading the local cloud site, the remote cloud sites, and upgrading the vCloud Availability On-Premises Appliance nodes, you can start using the new vCloud Availability version.