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A patching order gotcha in VCF 9.1.1.0. If you patch the migration service engine before VCF Automation, the VCD_MIGRATOR upgrade runs for six hours and then fails on vmsp_upgrade.
The order in which to patch the VCF management components when going from 9.1.0.x to 9.1.1.0. Two components go in sequence, then the rest follow in no fixed order, with two that must run on their own.
A deep dive into what actually happens when VCF Automation is upgraded to 9.1.0.0, covering the inputs you need, the import, configure and precheck phases, and the new cluster that gets built during the upgrade.
How IP addresses move during an upgrade from Aria Automation 8.18.x to VCF Automation 9.1.x. Why you need a new runtime IP range, how your old node IPs come back as cluster VIPs, and why the load balancer never has to change.
Walking through the SDDC Lifecycle patch to 9.1.1.0, from setting the target version and running prechecks through to the component showing the new version.
Patching the VCF Operations component to 9.1.1.0, including the prechecks, the UI downtime to expect during the patch, and monitoring progress from the VCF Operations Admin UI.
A walkthrough of patching the VCF management services fleet lifecycle component from 9.1.0.0 to 9.1.1.0, with screenshots of the UI steps and what happens on the control plane node.
VCF 9.1.1.0 has been released as a maintenance release with an updated BoM. Here are the release notes links plus my notes on the known and resolved issues in VCF Automation and VCF Operations.
Fleet Management node 9.0 convergence
Upgrade Paths vSphere to VCF 9.0.x | How do we get there from here? |
Seamless Upgrades: From VMware Aria Automation 8.18.x to VCF Automation 9.0.x
VCF Operations for Networks 9.0.x | Install Guide |
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