Upgrade the Management Domain to VMware
Cloud Foundation 4.5.x
You must upgrade the management domain before upgrading VI workload domains in your
environment. In order to upgrade to
VMware Cloud Foundation
4.5.x, the management domain must be at VMware Cloud Foundation
4.2.1 or higher. If your
environment is at a version lower than 4.2.1, you must upgrade the management domain to
4.2.1 and then upgrade to 4.5.x. Upgrade the components in the management
domain in the following order:
- SDDC Manager andVMware Cloud Foundationservices.
- vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager, vRealize Suite products, and Workspace ONE Access.
- NSX-T Data Center.
- vCenter Server.
- vSAN Witness host
- ESXi.
- VxRail Manager and ESXi.
After all upgrades have completed
successfully:
- Remove the VM snapshots you took before starting the update.
- Take a backup of the newly installed components.