For VxRail 7.0.450 and VxRail 8.0.110 and later updates, you can use the LCM workflow to provide planning, upgrade remediation (if needed), and execution and validation.
The LCM workflow includes a planning component and upgrade readiness indicator to improve upgrades.
Figure 1. LCM workflow
For connected clusters, VxRail Manager automatically retrieves the recommended upgrade bundle information with the latest upgrade prechecks. Upgrade prechecks run every 24 hours against the wanted state of the target bundle. An upgrade readiness indicator displays green, yellow, or red to indicate the level of remediation that is required before the upgrade is attempted. Detailed upgrade precheck results are available in the Update Advisor Report. The Update Advisor Report describes the impact of updating to the target VxRail version.
The Update Advisor Report is comprehensive and exportable and provides the following features:
Cluster update readiness status
Cluster update duration estimates
Last VxRail backup insights
Link to release notes
Displays upgrade precheck outputs with KB links for remediation help
Analysis of component-level drift
Custom component information
See
Generate the Update Advisor Report and
Update Advisor Report for more information.
For unconnected clusters, go to
Dell Support to download two small upgrade files from instead of the full upgrade bundle. To generate the Update Advisor Report, locate and download the files for the latest upgrade prechecks and the metadata file of the target bundle and then upload using the UI workflow in local update.
When the cluster is ready for an update, you must download a full upgrade bundle.
LCM modes
VxRail has two LCM modes which are abstracted by the VxRail API. The default LCM mode is through ESXCLI. For VxRail 7.0.240 and later, there are limited cases where VMware vLCM benefits. For VxRail 8.0.210 and later, additional use cases can leverage vLCM enablement for more capabilities.
Figure 2. LCM modes
Upgrade components that are not managed by VxRail
The VxRail UI workflow allows updates to third party GPUs, FC HBAs, or VMware NSX component during a single maintenance cycle combined with VxRail LCM update.
The following table describes the release support for this feature:
Table 1. Components and VxRail releasesComponents and VxRail releases
Custom component
VxRail release
Description
NVIDIA GPU
7.0.240
Requires VMware vLCM to be enabled.
FC HBA
7.0. 240 or 8.0.110
Any LCM mode.
NVIDIA and FC HBAs
7.0.450 or 8.0.110
Any LCM mode.
VMware NSX/Tanzu VIBs (default LCM mode)
7.0.450 or 8.0.110
VMware NSX/Tanzu VIBs can be staged with the custom component UI when in default LCM mode.
VMware NSX/Tanzu VIBs (default vLCM mode)
7.0.450 or 8.0.110
VMware NSX is already installed before you enable VMware vLCM, see
KB 190928. If VMware NSX is installed after you enable VMware vLCM, no further action is required. VMware NSX Manager manages all aspects of VMware NSX lifecycle management.
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