VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2

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Downloading
VMware Cloud Foundation
 Upgrade Bundles

Before you can upgrade
VMware Cloud Foundation
, you must download the upgrade bundles for each
VMware Cloud Foundation
 component that requires an upgrade.

Online and Offline Downloads

If the
SDDC Manager appliance
 can connect to the internet (either directly or through a proxy server), you can download upgrade bundles from the VMware Depot using your Broadcom Support Portal account.
If the
SDDC Manager appliance
 cannot connect to the internet, you can use the Bundle Transfer Utility or connect to an offline depot.
See Public URL list for SDDC Manager for information about the URLs that must be accessible to download bundles.

Other Bundle Types

In addition to upgrade bundles,
VMware Cloud Foundation
 includes the following bundle types:
  • Install Bundles
    An install bundle includes software binaries to install VI workload domains (
    vCenter Server
     and
    NSX
    ) and
    VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
    . You download install bundles using the same process that you use for upgrade bundles.
  • Async Patch Bundles
    An async patch bundle allows you to apply critical patches to certain VMware Cloud Foundation components (
    NSX Manager
    , vCenter Server, and ESXi) when an update or upgrade bundle is not available. If you are running
    VMware Cloud Foundation
     5.1 or earlier, you must use the Async Patch Tool to download an async patch bundle. See Async Patch Tool. Starting with
    VMware Cloud Foundation
     5.2, you can download async patches using the
    SDDC Manager UI
     or Bundle Transfer Utility.

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