{"id":1586,"date":"2019-03-21T20:00:25","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T00:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ithinkvirtual.com\/?p=1586"},"modified":"2019-03-21T21:14:15","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T01:14:15","slug":"nsx-t-home-lab-part-6-upgrading-nsx-t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ithinkvirtual.com\/2019\/03\/21\/nsx-t-home-lab-part-6-upgrading-nsx-t\/","title":{"rendered":"NSX-T Home Lab – Part 6: Upgrading NSX-T"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Welcome to Part 6 of my NSX-T Home Lab series. In my previous<\/a> post, I covered how to configure NSX-T networking to be able to start migrating and running workloads on the NSX-T fabric. In this post, I am going to cover the process of upgrading to the newly released version of NSX-T 2.4. Are you excited? Good!… So am I! Let’s jump right in!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Please see the documentation<\/a> to follow best practices for upgrading NSX-T. You must follow the prescribed order and upgrade the hosts, NSX Edge cluster, NSX Controller cluster, and Management plane. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The duration for the NSX-T Data Center upgrade process depends on the number of components you have to upgrade in your infrastructure. It is important to understand the operational state of NSX-T Data Center components during an upgrade, such as when some hosts have been upgraded, or when NSX Edge nodes have not been upgraded. The supported hypervisor upgrade paths for the NSX-T Data Center product versions. Adhere to the following upgrade paths for each NSX-T Data Center release version. Please see the documentation<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If your ESXi host is unsupported, manually upgrade your ESXi host to the supported version. See the documentation<\/a> for more information. Since my hosts are already running the latest version of ESXi 6.7 U1, I am good to continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The upgrade bundle contains all the files to upgrade the NSX-T Data Center infrastructure. Before you begin the upgrade process, you must download the correct upgrade bundle version. After you finish the prerequisites for upgrading, your next step is to update the upgrade coordinator to initiate the upgrade process.Prerequisites<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Upgrade Checklist<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Operational Impact<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The upgrade process is as follows:
Hosts > NSX Edge cluster > Management plane.
Please see the documentation<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSupported Hypervisor Upgrade Path<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\nUpgrade ESXi Hosts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Download the NSX-T Upgrade Bundle<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
You can also navigate to the upgrade bundle and save the URL. When you upgrade the upgrade coordinator, paste the URL so that the upgrade bundle is uploaded from the VMware download portal. See the documentation<\/a> for more information. <\/p>\n\n\n\nUpgrading NSX-T Data Center<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
After the upgrade, based on your input, the upgrade coordinator updates the hosts, NSX Edge cluster, NSX Controller cluster, and Management plane.
You can use REST APIs to upgrade your NSX-T Data Center appliance. Identify the NSX-T Data Center version you are upgrading to. Refer to the API guide with your product version in code.vmware.com<\/a> to find the latest upgrade-related APIs.
See the documentation<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUpdate the Upgrade Coordinator<\/h3>\n\n\n\n