In my previous blog I wrote up the process of importing a vCenter instance while on version 8.x. My next venture is getting it upgraded to VCF 9, this would be vCenter, ESX & NSX.
Now that the domain is part of my VCF Fleet, from the VCF Operations console, go to Fleet Management >> Lifecycle >>
You can see the there is a different icon for the Workload Domain GENAPP
To the right side there is a Configuration Update available.
Upon completion, checked the vCenter and it created a new DVPG, tagged with the correct VLAN and then made the pg Ephemeral
We can move to Plan Upgrade or Plan Patching located under ‘Available Updates’, let’s see what Plan looks like
There is our build out, which we can also customize.
Finally, summary of steps being performed
The next step is Configuring and Scheduling the Upgrade.
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Thank you for your work. I’m trying to learn as fast as I can VCF 9. One of the options we are going to come across is exactly this, import vSphere 8 as a workload domain then upgrade to VCF 9 after the import. Hard to find the exact steps, glad I found your site. Bookmarked and we be visiting often.
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