Time to get fresh install of VCF Operations for Logs 9.01.0 installed in the homelab. Going to start this off with the assumption that the Online or Offline Depot is configured and you have downloaded required binaries from Binary Management.
From the VCF Operations console >> Fleet Management >> Lifecycle >> VCF Management >> Binary Management
You will Install, Patch and Upgrade binaries.
When the downloads complete, click ‘Overview’ under VCF Lifecycle and we will locate Operations for Logs and click ‘Add’
For this deployment, because it’s my homelab, a single appliance will suffice, however for production it’s recommended you have a minimum of 3 to form a cluster. You can read more about preparations here; VCF Operations for Logs Detailed Design
On the next step, you can generate a certificate containing the FQDNs and IPs for your appliances.
Populate Infrastructure Deployment details, and click Next
Populate general network IP information; Domain, Domain Search Path, DNS, NTP, Gateway and subnet for the appliance.
The next step is to fill out the Components section and there are too many options to list, but ensure to have IPs for your cluster and VM appliance as well as other settings.
Pre-Check successful, let’s get it!
The final screen will be a confirmation, download the settings and even view what the topology will look like.
From the VCF Operations console go to Fleet Management >> Lifecycle >> VCF Management and a banner appeared informing you of an upgrade. Click ‘Learn More’
You will see there are no updates available and another symptom I ran into is when trying to download any VCF Operations 9.0.1.0 binaries, I receive the following error
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.
In a previous blog I covered importing a vCenter instance with a single cluster see here. and if you go to Part 1 of the blog, I covered performing a configuration update needed for the newly imported Workload domain.
The next step is to go back into Lifecycle for the Workload Domain and Configure Update
The wizard for the NSX Precheck will begin, click Next. In my homelab, I have no Edge clusters configured so clicked Next and straight to Run Precheck.
Once the Precheck completes, we can then move forward with performing a Schedule Update and that will give you an option to perform right away or schedule at a later time.
Once the update has kicked off, you can click ‘View Status’ and collapse to view all the components
Hey! Look at that, Step 1 is complete..onto Step 2. Click ‘Configure Update’
This next step will be upgrading a vCenter Server appliance from 8.0 u3 to 9.0. Because this is a single vCenter, we can leverage the Reduced Downtime Feature, but in this case, we will go straight into it.
Confirm Backup
Provide a temporary IP address for the new vCenter (No DNS record required, however optional if you want to reserve for future use.
Schedule the update and switchover options, we’re going for Immediate. The final step is reviewing everything and then proceed.
