The upgrade process includes the following tasks:
- Downloading the files you need to perform the upgrade.
- Installing an upgrade bundle on the VCE Vision Core virtual machine.
- Upgrading the compliance content on the VCE Vision Core virtual machine.
- Upgrading the VCE Vision Plug-in for vCenter.
Download upgrade file
From VCE Download Center download vcevision_upgrade-3.0-xxxx.vce
Snapshot
Create a snapshot of the Vision Core VM in case something goes wrong
Installing the upgrade bundle
- Copy vcevision_upgrade-version_build.vce to the /root directory via WinSCP
- To start the upgrade, run sh vcevision_upgrade-version_build.vce.
- Follow the instructions of the upgrade wizard
- Reboot the VM as per instructions
Upgrading the compliance content
- Copy the RPM file to /tmp
- Change to the directory that contains the RPM file.
- Run rpm -Uvh rpm_filename-build_number.rpm
- Run cd /opt/vce/compliance/content.
- Run sh install_content.sh
- Authenticate to the CAS service when prompted.
Update vSphere Webclient Plugin
- Run cd /opt/vce/plugins
- Run rpm -Uvh vce-plugin-version_number-build_number.x86_64.rpm
- Log in to the vSphere Web Client with administrative privileges.
- Select Administration in the left navigation pane on the Home window.
- Locate the VCE Vision Plug-in for vCenter section and then select Settings.
- Set connection properties and click update
- Restart the web client services on the vCenter Server virtual machine.