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Table Of Contents
- vCloud Director Installation and Configuration Guide
- Contents
- VMware vCloud Director Installation and Configuration Guide
- Overview of vCloud Director Installation and Configuration
- vCloud Director Architecture
- Configuration Planning
- vCloud Director Hardware and Software Requirements
- Creating a vCloud Director Server Group
- Upgrading vCloud Director
- vCloud Director Setup
- Index
Upgrading vCloud Director 3
To upgrade vCloud Director to a new version, install the new version on each server in the vCloud Director
server group, upgrade the vCloud Director database, and restart vCloud Director services.
After you upgrade a vCloud Director server, you must also upgrade its vCloud Director database. The database
stores information about the runtime state of the server, including the state of all vCloud Director tasks it is
running. To ensure that no invalid task information remains in the database after an upgrade, you must ensure
that no tasks are active on the server before you shut it down for the upgrade.
The upgrade preserves the following artifacts:
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Local and global properties files are copied to the new installation.
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Microsoft sysprep files used for guest customization are copied to the new installation.
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In-progress uploads of OVF packages and media images are suspended before the upgrade begins and
resumed after the upgrade is complete.
If your cloud uses a load balancer, you can upgrade a subset of the server group while keeping existing services
available on the others. If you do not have a load balancer, the upgrade requires sufficient vCloud Director
downtime to upgrade the database and at least one server.
Upgrading a vCloud Director Server Group
1 Use the cell management tool to quiesce all cells in the server group and shut down vCloud Director
services on each server. See “Use the Cell Management Tool to Quiesce and Shut Down A Server,” on
page 36.
2 Upgrade vCloud Director software on all members of the server group. See “Upgrade vCloud Director
Software on Any Member of a Server Group,” on page 38. You can upgrade the servers individually or
in parallel, but do not restart vCloud Director services on any member of the group before you upgrade
the vCloud Director database.
3 Upgrade the vCloud Director database. See “Upgrade the vCloud Director Database,” on page 40.
4 Restart vCloud Director on the upgraded servers. See “Start or Stop vCloud Director Services,” on
page 31.
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