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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
2 (Optional) If you have configured vCloud Director to use vCenter Single Sign On, you must unregister
and re-register vCloud Director with the vCenter Lookup Service.
a Log in to vCloud Director as a system administrator using a local or LDAP account. Do not use
vCenter Single Sign On for this log in.
b Unregister vCloud Director with the vCenter Lookup Service.
On the Administration tab of the vCloud Director Web console, click Federation in the left pane,
and click Unregister. You must provide the appropriate vCenter administrator credentials to
complete this action.
c Register vCloud Director with the vCenter Lookup Service.
See "Configure vCloud Director to use vCenter Single Sign On" in thevCloud Director
Administrator's Guide
3 Refresh the vCenter server's registration with vCloud Director.
a In the vCloud Director Web console, click the Manage & Monitor tab and click vCenters in the left
pane.
b Right-click the vCenter Server name and select Refresh.
c Click Yes.
4 Upgrade each host that the upgraded vCenter server supports.
See the vSphere Installation and Setup Guide. For each host, the upgrade requires the following steps:
a In the vCloud Director Web console, disable the host.
On the Manage and Monitor page, click Hosts, then right-click the host and select Disable Host.
b Use vCenter to put the host into maintenance mode and allow all the virtual machines on that host
to migrate to another host.
c Upgrade the host.
To ensure that you have enough upgraded host capacity to support the virtual machines in your
cloud, upgrade hosts in small batches. When you do this, host agent upgrades can complete in time
to allow virtual machines to migrate back to the upgraded host.
d Use vCenter to reconnect the host.
e Upgrade the vCloud Director host agent on the host.
See "Upgrade an ESX/ESXi Host Agent" in the vCloud Director Administrator's Guide.
f In the vCloud Director Web console, enable the host.
On the Manage and Monitor page, click Hosts, then right-click the host and select Enable Host.
g Use vCenter to take the host out of maintenance mode.
5 Upgrade all vShield Edge appliances managed by the vShield Manager on the upgraded vCenter
server.
Use the vShield Manager user interface to manage this upgrade.
NOTE If you use the vCloud Director Web console or REST API to reset a network that vShield Edge
protects, this upgrade occurs automatically. Using the vShield Manager user interface to manage the
vShield Edge provides better administrative control over the upgrade process and related network
downtime.
What to do next
Repeat this procedure for the other vCenter servers registered to your cloud.
Chapter 3 Upgrading vCloud Director
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