VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2

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Upgrade
NSX
 for VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.x

Upgrade
NSX
 in the management domain and VI workload domains.
VMware Cloud Foundation
 5.2.1 supports in-place host upgrades for clusters that use vSphere Lifecycle Manager baselines.
Until
SDDC Manager
 is upgraded to version 5.2, you must upgrade
NSX
 in the management domain before you upgrade
NSX
 in a VI workload domain. Once
SDDC Manager
 is at version 5.2 or later, you can upgrade
NSX
 in VI workload domains before or after upgrading
NSX
 in the management domain.
Upgrading
NSX
 involves the following components:
  • Upgrade Coordinator
  • NSX Edges/Clusters (if deployed)
  • Host clusters
  • NSX Manager cluster
  1. In the navigation pane, click
    Inventory
    Workload Domains
    .
  2. On the Workload Domains page, click the domain you are upgrading and then click the
    Updates/Patches
     tab.
    When you upgrade
    NSX
     components for a selected VI workload domain, those components are upgraded for all VI workload domains that share the NSX Manager cluster.
  3. Click
    Precheck
     to run the upgrade precheck.
    Resolve any issues before proceeding with the upgrade.
    The
    NSX
     precheck runs on all VI workload domains in your environment that share the NSX Manager cluster.
  4. For
    VMware Cloud Foundation
     5.2:
    1. In the Available Updates section, click
      Update Now
       or
      Schedule Update
       next to the VMware Software Update for
      NSX
      .
      Image showing the NSX upgrade bundle available for updating in VCF 5.2.
    2. On the
      NSX
       Edge Clusters page, select the NSX Edge clusters you want to upgrade and click
      Next
      .
      By default, all NSX Edge clusters are upgraded. To select specific NSX Edge clusters, select the
      Upgrade only NSX Edge clusters
       check box and select the
      Enable edge selection
       option. Then select the NSX Edges you want to upgrade.
    3. On the Host Cluster page,select the host cluster you want to upgrade and click
      Next
      .
      By default, all host clusters across all workload domains are upgraded. If you want to select specific host clusters to upgrade, select
      Custom Selection
      . Host clusters are upgraded after all Edge clusters have been upgraded.
      The
      NSX Manager
       cluster is upgraded only if you select all host clusters. If you have multiple host clusters and choose to upgrade only some of them, you must go through the
      NSX
       upgrade wizard again until all host clusters have been upgraded.
    4. On the Upgrade Options dialog box, select the upgrade optimizations and click
      Next
      .
      By default, Edge clusters and host clusters are upgraded in parallel. You can enable sequential upgrade by selecting the relevant check box.
    5. If you selected the
      Schedule Upgrade
       option, specify the date and time for the
      NSX
       bundle to be applied and click
      Next
      .
    6. On the Review page, review your settings and click
      Finish
      .
      If you selected
      Upgrade Now
      , the
      NSX
       upgrade begins and the upgrade components are displayed. The upgrade view displayed here pertains to the workload domain where you applied the bundle. Click the link to the associated workload domains to see the components pertaining to those workload domains. If you selected
      Schedule Upgrade
      , the upgrade begins at the time and date you specified.
  5. For
    VMware Cloud Foundation
     5.2.1:
    1. In the Available Updates section, click the
      Configure Update
       button.
    2. On the
      NSX
       Edge Clusters page, select the NSX Edge clusters you want to upgrade and click
      Next
      .
      By default, all NSX Edge clusters are upgraded. To select specific NSX Edge clusters, select the
      Upgrade only NSX Edge clusters
       check box and select the
      Enable edge selection
       option. Then select the NSX Edges you want to upgrade.
    3. On the Host Cluster page, select the host cluster you want to upgrade and click
      Next
      .
      By default, all host clusters across all workload domains are upgraded. If you want to select specific host clusters to upgrade, select
      Custom Selection
      . Host clusters are upgraded after all Edge clusters have been upgraded.
      The
      NSX Manager
       cluster is upgraded only if you select all host clusters. If you have multiple host clusters and choose to upgrade only some of them, you must go through the
      NSX
       upgrade wizard again until all host clusters have been upgraded.
    4. On the Upgrade Options dialog box, select the upgrade optimizations and click
      Next
      .
      By default ESXi hosts are placed into maintenance mode during an upgrade. Starting with
      VMware Cloud Foundation
       5.2.1, in-place upgrades are available for workload domains in which all the clusters use vSphere Lifecycle Manager baselines. If
      NSX Manager
       is shared between workload domains, in-place upgrade is only available if all the clusters in all the workload domains that share the
      NSX Manager
       use vLCM baselines. If the option is available, you can select
      In-place
       as the upgrade mode to avoid powering off and placing hosts into maintenance mode before the upgrade.
      To perform an in-place upgrade, the target NSX version must be the
      VMware Cloud Foundation
       5.2.1 BOM version or later.
      By default, Edge clusters and host clusters are upgraded in parallel. You can enable sequential upgrade by selecting the relevant check box.
    5. On the Review page, review your settings and click
      Run Precheck
      .
      The precheck begins. Resolve any issues until the precheck succeeds.
    6. After the precheck succeeds, click
      Schedule Update
       and select an option.
  6. Monitor the upgrade progress. See monitor-update.dita.
    If a component upgrade fails, the failure is displayed across all associated workload domains. Resolve the issue and retry the failed task.
When all
NSX
 workload components are upgraded successfully, a message with a green background and check mark is displayed.

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