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Upgrade ESXi for VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.1

VMware Cloud Foundation
 5.2.1 and later support workload domains that include vSphere Lifecycle Manager baseline clusters and vSphere Lifecycle Manager image clusters. There is a single procedure for upgrading both vSphere Lifecycle Manager baseline clusters and vSphere Lifecycle Manager image clusters.
For information about upgrading ESXi in workload domains that use vSphere Lifecycle Manager images when your target version is
VMware Cloud Foundation
 5.2, see upgrade-esxi-with-vsphere-lifecycle-manager-images-for-vmware-cloud-foundation.dita#GUID-A9C387B5-257A-48F4-8923-A64AC65B610F-en.
For information about upgrading ESXi in workload domains that use vSphere Lifecycle Manager baselines when your target version is
VMware Cloud Foundation
 5.2, see upgrade-esxi-with-vsphere-lifecycle-manager-baselines-for-vmware-cloud-foundation-5-2.dita.
If you are using external (non-vSAN) storage, the following procedure updates the ESXi hosts attached to the external storage. However, updating and patching the storage software and drivers is a manual task and falls outside of SDDC Manager lifecycle management. To ensure supportability after an ESXi upgrade, consult the vSphere HCL and your storage vendor.
For clusters that use vSphere Lifecycle Manager baselines:
  • If you want to skip any hosts while applying an ESXi update a workload domain, you must add these hosts to the
    application-prod.properties
     file before you begin the update. See "Skip Hosts During ESXi Update".
  • To perform ESXi upgrades with custom ISO images or async drivers see "Upgrade ESXi with Custom ISOs" and "Upgrade ESXi with Stock ISO and Async Drivers".
  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
     tab.
  3. Click
    Precheck
     to run the upgrade precheck.
    Resolve any issues before proceeding with the upgrade.
  4. In the Available Updates section, click
    Configure Update.
  5. Read the introductory information and click
    Next
    .
  6. If any clusters in the workload domain use vSphere Lifecycle Manager images, select the clusters to update and click
    Next
    .
  7. Assign an image to each cluster that uses vSphere Lifecycle Manager images and click
    Next
    .
  8. If any clusters in the workload domain use vSphere Lifecycle Manager baselines, select the clusters to upgrade and click
    Next
    .
    The default setting is to upgrade all clusters. To upgrade specific clusters, select
    Custom selection
     and select the clusters to upgrade.
  9. If the workload domain you are upgrading only includes clusters that use vSphere Lifecycle Manager baselines, select a scheduling option.
  10. Select the upgrade options and click
    Next
    .
    By default, the selected clusters are upgraded in parallel. If you selected more than ten clusters to be upgraded, the first ten are upgraded in parallel and the remaining clusters are upgraded sequentially. To upgrade all selected clusters sequentially, select
    Enable sequential cluster upgrade
    .
    Select
    Enable Quick Boot
     to reduce the upgrade time by skipping the physical reboot of the host.
    Select
    Migrate Powered Off and Suspended VMs
     to migrate the suspended and powered off virtual machines from the hosts that must enter maintenance mode to other hosts in the cluster.
    For clusters that use vSphere Lifecycle Manager images, select
    Enforce Live Patch
     when the cluster image includes a Live Patch. With the
    Enforce Live Patch
     option, vSphere Lifecycle Manager does not place the hosts in the cluster into maintenance mode, hosts are not rebooted, and there is no need to migrate the virtual machines running on the hosts in the cluster.
  11. Review the settings, and click
    Finish
     or
    Run Precheck
    .
    If the upgrade includes any clusters that use vSphere Lifecycle Manager images
    VMware Cloud Foundation
     runs a cluster image hardware compatibility and compliance precheck. Resolve any reported issues before proceeding.
  12. After the precheck succeeds, click
    Schedule Update
    , select a scheduling option, and click
    Finish
    .
Upgrade the vSAN Disk Format for vSAN clusters. The disk format upgrade is optional. Your vSAN cluster continues to run smoothly if you use a previous disk format version. For best results, upgrade the objects to use the latest on-disk format. The latest on-disk format provides the complete feature set of vSAN. See upgrade-vsan-on-disk-format-versions.dita.

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