VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2

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Patching the Management and Workload Domains

Once
SDDC Manager
 is upgraded to 5.2 or later, a new option for patching
VMware Cloud Foundation
 components is available in the
SDDC Manager UI
.
The patch planner provides the ability to apply async patches to workload domain components. If you are connected to the online depot, async patches are available in the patch planner. If you do not have access to the online depot, use the Bundle Transfer Utility to download async patches and add them to an offline depot or upload them directly to
SDDC Manager
.
  1. In the navigation pane, click
    Inventory
    Workload Domains
    .
  2. On the Workload Domains page, click the domain you are patching and then click the
    Updates
     tab.
  3. Click
    Precheck
     to run the upgrade precheck.
    Resolve any issues before proceeding with an upgrade.
  4. In the Available Updates section, click
    Plan Patching
     create a new patching plan or select
    Edit Patching Plan
     from the
    Actions
     menu to modify a patching plan.
    Image showing the Plan Upgrade and Plan Patching buttons.
    Image showing Edit Patching Plan on the Actions menu.
    You cannot plan patching if you have an existing upgrade plan. Cancel the upgrade plan to create a patching plan.
  5. Select the components to patch and the target versions and then click
    Validate Selection
    .
    Image showing the drop-down menus for selecting specific target versions for each VCF BOM component.
    When you select a target vCenter version, the UI indicates which versions support vCenter Reduced Downtime Upgrade (RDU).
  6. After validation succeeds, click
    Confirm
    .
  7. Review the update sequence based on your target version selections and click
    Done
    .
    Update sequence preview based on the target versions you selected.
  8. In the Available Updates screen, click
    Schedule Update
     or
    Update Now
     to update the first component.
    Continue to update the VCF BOM components until they are all updated.

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