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Table Of Contents
- vCloud Director Installation and Upgrade Guide
- Contents
- VMware vCloud Director Installation and Upgrade Guide
- Overview of vCloud Director Installation, Configuration, and Upgrade
- vCloud Director Architecture
- Configuration Planning
- vCloud Director Hardware and Software Requirements
- Browsers That vCloud Director Supports
- Summary of Network Configuration Requirements for vCloud Director
- Installing and Configuring a vCloud Director Database
- Create SSL Certificates
- Installing and Configuring vShield Manager
- Installing and Configuring an AMQP Broker
- Download and Install the VMware Public Key
- Creating a vCloud Director Server Group
- Install and Configure vCloud Director Software on the First Member of a Server Group
- Configure Network and Database Connections
- Install vCloud Director Software on Additional Members of a Server Group
- Install Microsoft Sysprep Files on the Servers
- Start or Stop vCloud Director Services
- Uninstall vCloud Director Software
- Upgrading vCloud Director
- vCloud Director Setup
- Cell Management Tool Reference
- Index
Procedure
1 Open a console, shell, or terminal window, and type the following command to run the database
upgrade script.
/opt/vmware/vcloud-director/bin/upgrade
IMPORTANT If the database upgrade script detects that an incompatible version of vShield manager is
registered to this installation of vCloud Director, it displays this warning message and cancels the
upgrade.
One or more vShield Manager servers registered to this vCloud
Director installation are not supported by the version of vCloud Director
you are upgrading to. Upgrade canceled, please follow the procedures in
the vShield Manager Upgrade Guide to upgrade those unsupported vShield
Manager servers.
2 Respond to the database upgrade prompts.
a Confirm that you want to continue with the database upgrade.
Welcome to the vCloud Director upgrade utility
This utility will apply several updates to the database. Please
ensure you have created a backup of your database prior to continuing.
Do you wish to upgrade the product now? [Y/N]:
Take one of the following actions:
Option Action
Continue the upgrade.
Type y.
Exit to the shell without making
any changes in the current
vCloud Director database.
Type n.
b (Optional) Wait for cells to become inactive, if necessary.
If the database upgrade tool detects that any cells are still active, it prompts you to continue with
the upgrade or exit.
Found active cell. Name: "cell-01", IP Address: 10.150.151.190, Identifier: a2eb...
Do you wish to upgrade the database while cells are still active? [Y/N]
If you see this prompt, type n to exit to the shell, then wait five minutes and restart the database
upgrade tool. If the database upgrade tool continues to warn you about cells that are still active,
return to the procedure in “Use the Cell Management Tool to Quiesce and Shut Down a Server,” on
page 35 and ensure that all cells have become inactive.
After you have responded to all prompts, the database upgrade tool runs and displays progress
messages.
Executing upgrade task: Start UpdateStatementManager
...[3]
Successfully ran upgrade task
Executing upgrade task: ...
.......... Successfully ran upgrade task
...
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