Managing Installation and Upgrade Bundles in
VMware Cloud Foundation
Installation bundles include the software required to deploy
vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager
or a VI workload domain in
VMware
Cloud Foundation
. Upgrade bundles
enable you to perform updates on SDDC
Manager
,
vCenter
Server
, ESXi
, and NSX
.
Bundles can be downloaded and applied manually or scheduled within your maintenance
window.Bundle Types
VMware
Cloud Foundation
includes two types of bundles.Install Bundles
An install bundle includes software binaries to
install VI workload domains and
vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager
. VMware
Cloud Foundation
includes the following install bundles:- A VI workload domain install bundle is used to deploy later versions of the software components instead of the versions in your originalVMware Cloud Foundationinstallation. It includes software binaries forvCenter ServerandNSX.
- ThevRealize Suite Lifecycle Managerinstall bundle is used for deployingvRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager.For other products in the vRealize Suite, you can download the installation binaries directly fromvRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager. See "Configure Product Binaries" in thevRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager Installation, Upgrade, and Management Guidefor the version ofvRealize Suite Lifecycle Managerlisted in theVMware Cloud FoundationBOM.
Update or Upgrade Bundles
An update or upgrade bundle includes software
binaries to update the appropriate
VMware
Cloud Foundation
software components. In most cases, an upgrade bundle must be
applied to the management domain before it can be applied to VI workload domains.