Upgrade

Upgrade ESXi Hypervisor

Upgrade Guidelines

Before you upgrade the ESXi Hypervisor on a HyperFlex cluster with vEdge Router deployed on it, consider the following requirements and guidelines:

  • Ensure that at the least one node with an vEdge router is always up and available.

  • vSphere standard and above license is required to perform vMotion on vEdge routers.

  • All nodes in the HyperFlex cluster must be in a maintenance mode.

  • If deployment was made on Single WAN termination, ensure that Transport Locator (TLOC) and Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) are available and configured.


    Attention

    VRRP must be configured.

  • If deployment was made on Dual WAN termination, ensure that VRRP is available and configured.

Upgrade Prerequisites

Before you upgrade the ESXi Hypervisor on a HyperFlex cluster with SD-WAN deployed on it, consider the following prerequisites:

  • Migrate the vEdge router to a different VMware ESXi node.

Upgrade Procedure

To upgrade the ESXi Hypervisor on a HyperFlex cluster with SD-WAN deployed on it, do the following:

  1. Log in to VMware vSphere Web Client, navigate to the HyperFlex cluster.

  2. Migrate the vEdge router to a different VMware ESXi node:

    Right-click on the vEdge Router, and select Migrate and select Change both host and datastore. Click Next.

  3. On the Configure tab, expand Networking > Virtual Switches, and select Standard Switch:vmotion.

  4. Click Add Networking.

  5. In the Add Networking wizard, do the following:

    1. In Select Connection Type, select VMkernel Network Adapter.

    2. In Select Target Device, click Select an existing standard switch.

    3. In Port Properties, specify the VMkernel port settings.


      Attention

      Use the same VLAN ID that you entered in the Hypervisors Network Configuration page from the Deploy HyperFlex SD-WAN Wizard.

  6. Upgrade the ESXi Hypervisor. For more details, see the VMware ESXi Upgrade section in VMware vSphere Documentation.