Step by Step guide to upgrade distributed vCenter 6.7 to vCenter 7.0

vSphere 7.0 has been announced as General Available by VMware and is ready for download. So, its time to start upgrading lab. Starting vSphere 7.0, option to use external PSC is completely removed and any existing distributed deployment needs to be migrated to embedded deployment. In this article, we will be looking at how to upgrade a distributed deployment of vCenter server 6.7 to vCenter server 7.0.

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Upgrade vCenter Server Appliance 6.0.x to 6.7 U3

So, one of target to achieve VCAP-NV was completed successfully. Now, its time to upgrade lab as well, as old lab was running on VCSA 6.0 and VMware has recently released 6.7 U3. This blog will explore step by step process to upgrade vCenter server appliance. This upgraded lab will serve for NSX-T deployment as well.

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vRealize Lifecycle Manager – A Step by Step Guide

Finally deployed and configured vRealize lifecycle manager over a week. Imported vRealize automation as well as deployed new components. This blog covers my journey in form of step by step guide on vRealize Lifecycle Manager. So let’s get started.

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Upgrading vRealize Automation 7.3.x Distributed Deployment to 7.5

Good Morning All.

In middle of environment upgrade and integrating new components. Its quite tiring but exciting as well to play around with newest technologies. So, in pursuit of building central patch and upgrade management using vRealize LifeCycle Manager, started with vRA upgrade which was pending for quite a while now. New upgrade process is such a breeze and in this blog i will be covering whole vRA upgrade process step by step. So let’s get started.

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