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VMware | 88829
vRealize Suite / Aria Suite Install and Upgrade Paths on VMware Cloud Foundation 4.4 and above
Last update date:
3/26/2024
Affected products:
Cloud foundation
Cloud Foundation
Affected releases:
5.x4.54.4
Fixed releases:
No fixed releases provided.
Description:
Details
With the release of VMware Cloud Foundation 4.4.0 VMware have introduced flexible vRealize Suite product upgrades to enable more flexibility for customers to consume higher versions of the vRealize Suite than what is included in the particular VMware Cloud Foundation bill of materials. To ensure compatibility, certain checks are performed on the versions you attempt to install or upgrade. Consequently, you must follow certain upgrade paths to enable the various version upgrades. In most cases vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager product support packs (PSPAK) are required to enable this. Only URL and CD-ROM methods are supported for each upgrade and not ONLINE. To perform the upgrade, download and attach the update iso or extract it to an accessible web server.
Solution
The table below outlines the upgrade paths you need to follow VCF VersionsvRSLCM / Aria Suite Lifecycle VersionPSPAKPSPAK Enabled FunctionalityMax Supported vRealize/Aria Suite VersionsComments4.4.0.08.6.22Allows upgrade of vRSLCM 8.6.2 to 8.7.08.6.xBundled in the VCF 4.4 BoM4.4.0.0 4.4.1.08.6.23Support for VCF 4.4.18.6.x 4.4.0.0 4.4.1.08.6.24Allows upgrade of vRSLCM 8.8.2 or 8.10 for VCF 4.58.6.x 4.4.0.0 4.4.1.08.7.0 8.7.x 4.4.0.0 4.4.1.08.7.02Allows upgrade of vRSLCM from 8.7.0 to 8.8.08.7.x 4.4.0.0 4.4.1.08.8.0 8.8.x 4.4.0.0 4.4.1.08.8.02Allows upgrade of vRSLCM from 8.8.0 to 8.8.28.8.x 4.4.0.0 4.4.1.0 4.4.1.1 4.5.0.08.8.2 8.9.xBundled in the VCF 4.5 BOM4.4.0.0 4.4.1.0 4.4.1.1 4.5.0.08.8.23Allows upgrade of vRSLCM from 8.8.2 to 8.10 for VCF 4.58.9.x 4.4.0.0 4.4.1.0 4.4.1.1 4.5.0.0 4.5.1.08.8.26- Adds support for VCF 4.5.1 - Allows upgrade of vRSLCM from 8.8.2 to 8.10 and 8.12 in VCF 4.5.18.9.x 4.4.0.0 4.4.1.0 4.4.1.1 4.5.0.0 4.5.1.0 5.0.0.08.8.27- Adds support for VCF 5.0 - Allows upgrade of vRSLCM from 8.8.2 to 8.10 and 8.12 in VCF 5.08.10.x 4.4.1.0 4.4.1.1 4.5.0.0 4.5.1.0 5.0.0.08.8.29Allows upgrade of vRSLCM from 8.8.2 to VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.14Check interoperability matrix 4.4.1.0 4.4.1.1 4.5.0.0 4.5.1.0 5.0.0.0 5.1.0.08.8.2 10Allows upgrade of vRSLCM from 8.8.2 to VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.16Check interoperability matrix 4.5.0.08.10 Supports VCF 4.5.08.10.x 8.11.x ¹- Not compatible with VCF 4.4.x - 8.10 Patch 1 corresponds to 8.10 PSPAK 84.5.0.0 5.0.0.08.10 Patch 18 8.11.xBundled in the VCF 5.0 BoM4.5.0.08.1011Allows upgrade of vRSLCM from 8.10 to 8.12 in VCF 4.5.08.11.x 4.5.0.0 4.5.1.08.1014- Adds support for VCF 4.5.1 - Allows upgrade of vRSLCM from 8.10 to 8.12 in VCF 4.5.18.11.x 4.5.0.0 4.5.1.0 5.0.0.08.1015- Adds support for VCF 5.0 - Allows upgrade of vRSLCM from 8.10 to 8.12 in VCF 5.08.11.x 4.5.0.0 4.5.1.0 4.5.2.0 5.0.0.08.1016- Adds support for VCF 4.5.2 - Allows upgrade of vRSLCM from 8.10 to 8.12 in VCF 4.5.28.11.xBundled in the VCF 4.5.2 BoM4.5.0.0 4.5.1.0 4.5.2.0 5.0.0.08.1017Allows upgrade of VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle to 8.148.11.x 4.5.0.0 4.5.1.0 4.5.2.0 5.0.0.0 5.1.0.08.1018Allows upgrade of VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle to 8.16Check interoperability matrix 4.5.0.0 5.0.0.08.12 8.12.x 4.5.0.0 4.5.1.0 5.0.0.08.123Adds support for VCF 4.5.18.12.x 4.5.0.0 4.5.1.0 4.5.2.0 5.0.0.08.128Adds support for VCF 4.5.28.13.x 4.5.0.0 4.5.1.0 4.5.2.0 5.0.0.08.129Allows upgrade of VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle to 8.148.13.x 4.5.0.0 4.5.1.0 4.5.2.0 5.0.0.0 5.1.0.08.1210Allows upgrade of VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle to 8.16Check interoperability matrix 4.5.0.0 4.5.1.0 4.5.2.0 5.0.0.0 5.1.0.0 5.1.1.08.14 8.14.x 8.16 ²Bundled in the VCF 5.1 BoM4.5.0.0 4.5.1.0 4.5.2.0 5.0.0.0 5.1.0.0 5.1.1.08.148Allows upgrade of VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle to 8.16Check interoperability matrix 4.5.0.0 4.5.1.0 4.5.2.0 5.0.0.0 5.1.0.0 5.1.1.08.16 Bundled in the VCF 5.1.1 BoM 1 After applying the respective Product Support Packs, certain 8.11.x Realize Suite Products are supported. For more information check the VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.10.x Product Support Pack Release Notes 2 VMware Aria Automation 8.16 is supported after applying Product Support Pack 4 or later on VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.14, and VMware Aria Automation Config is supported after applying Product Support 5 or later on VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.14, more information on VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.14 Product Support Pack Release NotesThe upgrade process involves stepping through the available vRSLCM releases as they are listed as available within vRSLCM.vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager product support pack installation instructions are here. The interoperability Matrix comparing versions of SDDC Manager and vRSLCM can be found here. Note: For a new install of vRSLCM in a VCF 4.4.x environment, the process remains unchanged. We have to download the vRSLCM Install Bundle that is part of the VCF 4.4 BOM (via the SDDC Manager Bundle Management UI or an offline bundle download) and use that to deploy vRSLCM: If you are running VCF 4.4.1, after the initial deployment of vRSLCM 8.6.2, we will need to update it to 8.6.2. PSPAK 3 to enable support for VCF 4.4.1
Related Information
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vRealize-Suite-Lifecycle-Manager/index.html
