Using vSphere Lifecycle Manager Baselines to Upgrade ESXi Hosts in an Environment With VMware NSX-T Data Center™ 3.0

You can use vSphere Lifecycle Manager to upgrade the ESXi hosts in an environment where you have VMware NSX-T Data Center™ enabled.

Requirements

• Verify that the ESXi hosts to upgrade are version 6.5 or later.
• vCenter Server version 6.7 or earlier
• VMware NSX-T Data Center™ 3.0
• Verify that the vmknics on the ESXi host are properly configured and the DHCP server works properly.

Workflow

1. Upgrade vCenter Server to version 7.0.

   For more information about upgrading vCenter Server, see the vSphere Upgrade documentation.

2. Import an ESXi 7.0 ISO image to the vSphere Lifecycle Manager depot.

   For more information, see Import an ISO Image to the vSphere Lifecycle Manager Depot.

3. Download the VMware NSX-T Data Center™ 3.0.0 NSX Kernel Module for VMware ESXi 7.0 from http://my.vmware.com.
4. Import the kernel module to the vSphere Lifecycle Manager depot.

   For more information, see Import Updates to the vSphere Lifecycle Manager Depot.

5. Create an upgrade baseline with the imported ESXi 7.0 ISO image.

   For more information, see Create a Host Upgrade Baseline.

6. Create an extension baseline with the uploaded NSX kernel module.

   For more information, see Create a Host Extension Baseline.

7. Create a baseline group that contains the newly created upgrade and extension baselines.

   For more information, see Create a Host Baseline Group.

8. Attach the baseline group to a cluster.

   For more information, see Attach Baselines and Baseline Groups to Objects.

9. Remediate the cluster against the attached baseline group.

   For more information, see Remediate ESXi Hosts Against a Single Baseline or Multiple Baselines.