Async Patch Tool 1.2
The
Async Patch
Tool
is a utility that allows you to apply critical patches to certain VMware
Cloud Foundation
components (NSX Manager, vCenter Server, and ESXi) outside of VMware
Cloud Foundation
releases. The Async Patch Tool also supports VxRail Manager patching of VMware Cloud Foundation on Dell VxRail. For example, you could use the
Async Patch
Tool
to get a vCenter
Server
patch that addresses a critical security issue as described in a VMware Security Advisory (VMSA). You use the Async Patch
Tool
to download the patch and upload it to the internal LCM repository on the SDDC Manager appliance
. Then you use the SDDC Manager
UI
to apply the patch.
Patched components will have different versions than those listed in the Bill of Materials (BOM).
The
Async Patch
Tool
is supported with VMware
Cloud Foundation
4.2.1 and later. This release also supports VxRail Manager patching of VMware Cloud Foundation on VxRail.
Standalone ESXi async patches are not supported with VMware Cloud Foundation on Dell VxRail. Applying a VxRail Manager async patch also patches ESXi.
The process for downloading and uploading patches varies depending on whether or not the
SDDC Manager appliance
has access to the internet. If the SDDC Manager appliance
has access to the internet (online), you perform all Async Patch
Tool
operations from the SDDC Manager appliance
. If the SDDC Manager appliance
does not have access to the internet (offline), you perform some operations from a computer with internet access and some operations from the SDDC Manager appliance
. See:
SDDC
Manager
5.2 and later support applying async patches directly from the SDDC Manager UI. See Patching the Management and Workload Domains .After you apply an async patch, and one or more of the
VMware
Cloud Foundation
component versions deviates from the BOM, you may have to use the Async Patch
Tool
to enable an upgrade to a later version of VMware
Cloud Foundation
.
Target version | Requires use of Async Patch
Tool ? |
|---|---|
VMware
Cloud Foundation 4.y | Yes. If you are upgrading an async patched system from VMware
Cloud Foundation 4.x to 4.y, you must use the Async Patch
Tool to enable the upgrade. For example, if you apply a vCenter
Server patch to a VMware
Cloud Foundation 4.5.0 instance, you must use the Async Patch
Tool to enable an upgrade to VMware
Cloud Foundation 4.5.2. See:
|
VMware
Cloud Foundation 5.x | No. If you are upgrading an async patched system from VMware
Cloud Foundation 4.x to 5.x or 5.x to 5.x, you do not need to use the Async Patch
Tool to enable the upgrade. Upgrades to 5.x are automatically enabled and you can upgrade using the SDDC Manager
UI or the Bundle Tranfer Utility. See the VMware Cloud Foundation Lifecycle Management Guide .
You should still use the Async Patch
Tool to deactivate all async patches and run an inventory sync before upgrading to VMware Cloud Foundation 5.x. See "VCF Async Patch Tool Options" in the Async Patch Tool documentation for more information. |
For information about known issues, see the
Async Patch Tool Release Notes
.