VMware Cloud Director extension for Data Solutions 1.5

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Upgrade
VMware Cloud Director extension for Data Solutions

You can upgrade
VMware Cloud Director extension for Data Solutions
 using the
VMware Cloud Director
 Solution Add-On Landing Zone or the command-line interface.
  • Verify that you have the credentials of a
    VMware Cloud Director
    System Administrator
     account.
  • If you maintain an internal container registry, verify that the
    Data Solutions operator
     package is cloned to its internal container registry.
You can upgrade to
VMware Cloud Director extension for Data Solutions
 1.5 from version 1.4.

Upgrade the
VMware Cloud Director extension for Data Solutions
 solution add-on instance

Upgrade
VMware Cloud Director extension for Data Solutions
 using the
VMware Cloud Director
 Solution Add-On Landing Zone.
If you installed
VMware Cloud Director extension for Data Solutions
 by using the command-line interface, with a parameter
--encryption-key
, you cannot perform the upgrade by using the
VMware Cloud Director
 UI.
  1. Log in to the
    VMware Cloud Director service provider admin portal
    .
  2. Upload the latest version of the
    VMware Cloud Director extension for Data Solutions
    .iso
     file in the Solution Add-On Landing Zone. See
    Upload a Solution Add-On to Your VMware Cloud Director
     in the
    VMware Cloud Director Documentation
    .
  3. Upgrade your add-on instance of
    VMware Cloud Director extension for Data Solutions
    . See
    Upgrade a Solution Add-On Instance in VMware Cloud Director
     in the
    VMware Cloud Director Documentation
    .
The tenant administrator must upgrade each
Data Solutions operator
, which runs in the Kubernetes clusters within their organizations. To avoid upgrading the
Data Solutions operator
s during the next
VMware Cloud Director extension for Data Solutions
 upgrade, the tenant administrator must set the
Data Solutions operator
 upgrade policy to
Auto upgrade to the latest version
.

Upgrade
VMware Cloud Director extension for Data Solutions
 using the CLI

Upgrade
VMware Cloud Director extension for Data Solutions
 using the command-line interface.
If you installed
VMware Cloud Director extension for Data Solutions
 using the command-line interface, with parameter
--encryption-key
, you must provide the same encryption key, when you perform the upgrade and you must not specify the parameter
--iso
. The parameters
--encryption-key
 and
--iso
 are mutually exclusive.
To get the certificate file, run the following command:
$ run get certificates --host
HOST_NAME
 -o
CERTIFICATE_FILENAME
 --accept
. You must not download the
VMware Cloud Director
 certificate file in the folder, where you mount the ISO package. If you do not trust the
VMware Cloud Director
 certificate, use the following command to trust it:
$ run trust --host
HOST_NAME
 --username
USER_NAME
 --password
PASSWORD
 --certificate-file
CERTIFICATE_FILENAME
 --accept
.
  1. To upgrade
    VMware Cloud Director extension for Data Solutions
    , navigate to the folder, which contains the extracted ISO package and run the following command:
    • For Windows:
      windows.run.exe upgrade instance --name 
      EXTENSION_NAME
       --host 
      HOST_NAME
       --username 
      USER_NAME
       --password 
      PASSWORD
       --certificate-file 
      CERTIFICATE_FILE_NAME
       --accept --iso 
      DSE_ISO_PATH
    • For Linux:
      ./linux.run upgrade instance --name 
      EXTENSION_NAME
       --host 
      HOST_NAME
       --username 
      USER_NAME
       --password 
      PASSWORD
       --certificate-file 
      CERTIFICATE_FILE_NAME
       --accept --iso 
      DSE_ISO_PATH
    The following table describes the parameters values that you must enter. To see the full list of command parameters, run the following command:
    <run> upgrade instance -h
    .
    Upgrade command parameters
    Parameter
    Description
    EXTENSION_NAME
    The name of the
    VMware Cloud Director extension for Data Solutions
    .
    HOST_NAME
    The name of the
    VMware Cloud Director
     host.
    USER_NAME
    The user name of the
    VMware Cloud Director
     system administrator.
    PASSWORD
    The password of the
    VMware Cloud Director
     system administrator.
    CERTIFICATE_FILE_NAME
    The
    VMware Cloud Director
     API endpoint SSL certificate filename.
    DSE_ISO_PATH
    The path to the
    VMware Cloud Director extension for Data Solutions
     ISO file.
    Example: 
    windows.run.exe get certificates --host 
    atl1-vcd-static-000-00.eng.vmware.com
     -o 
    C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\vcd_cert.pem
     --accept
windows.run.exe trust --host 
    atl1-vcd-static-000-00.eng.vmware.com
     --username 
    admin
     --password 
    vmware
     --certificate-file 
    C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\vcd_cert.pem
     --accept
windows.run.exe upgrade instance --name 
    tds1
     --host 
    atl1-vcd-static-000-00.eng.vmware.com
     --username 
    admin
     --password 
    vmware
     --certificate-file 
    C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\vcd_cert.pem
     --accept --iso 
    vmware-ds-1.5.0-xxx.iso
  • Update the
    VMware Cloud Director extension for Data Solutions
     repository and set to the latest version. You can preview the latest version, by selecting the
    Use Default Value
     check box in the
    Update Repository
     window.
    The default registry path for
    Data Solutions operator
     1.5 is
    projects.packages.broadcom.com/vcdds/vcd-data-solutions-package-repo:1.5.0
    . See Managing container registries in the
    Using
    VMware Cloud Director extension for Data Solutions
     as a Service Provider
     guide.
  • The tenant administrator must upgrade each
    Data Solutions operator
    , which runs in the Kubernetes clusters within their organizations. To avoid upgrading the
    Data Solutions operator
    s during the next
    VMware Cloud Director extension for Data Solutions
     upgrade, the tenant administrator must set the
    Data Solutions operator
     upgrade policy to
    Auto upgrade to the latest version
    .

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