You can check for and install updates to the vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager appliance.
Upgrade is supported from vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.0 and later versions. You can also upgrade vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager by using an ISO file to install the upgrade. Latencies have been validated with 350 ms with a bandwidth of 1.5 MB for a vRealize Suite small suite deployment and upgrade.
Prerequisites
- Verify that you meet the system requirements. See System Requirements.
- Take a snapshot of the vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager virtual appliance. If you encounter any problems during upgrade, you can revert to this snapshot.
- Verify that no critical tasks are currently in progress in vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager. The upgrade process stops and starts vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager services and reboots the vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager virtual appliance, which might corrupt tasks that are in progress.
- If you are upgrading vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager through a repository URL or CD-ROM, ensure that you download the vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager upgrade binary from MyVMware portal in advance. The file name must be -VMware-vLCM-Appliance-8.X.X.XX-XXXXXXXX-updaterepo.iso.
Note: You cannot use the easy installer iso file for an vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager upgrade, you must use the vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager upgrade iso file.