Platform

Support for VMware ESXi Hypervisor 8.0

Feature Summary and Revision History

Table 1. Summary Data

Applicable Product(s) or Functional Area

vDRA

Applicable Platform(s)

Not Applicable

Default Setting

Enabled – Configuration Required

Related Changes in This Release

Not Applicable

Related Documentation

  • CPS VDRA Installation Guide for VMware
Table 2. Revision History

Revision Details

Release

First introduced

 25.2.0

Feature Description

In this release, vDRA supports ESXi 8.0, with Firmware set to BIOS during the creation of CPS installer virtual machines. This configuration helps prevent system failures.

For details about deploying vDRA on ESXi 8.0, refer to the CPS vDRA Installation Guide for VMware and the CPS Migration and Upgrade Guides.

Promethus upgrade

The Prometheus binary in Prometheus containers has been upgraded from version 2.3.1 to 3.5.0:

  • The data directory for the new Prometheus 3.5.0 binary is:

    • On the VM: /stats/prometheus-hi-res/3.5

    • In the container: /data-3

  • The data directory for the old Prometheus 2.3.1 binary is:

    • On the VM: /stats/prometheus-hi-res/2.0

    • In the container: /data-2

  • All existing Prometheus data will remain in the /data-2 directory

  • All new Prometheus data will be stored in the /data-3 directory

  • Ensure Prometheus is shut down gracefully before starting the upgrade by running the following command:
    docker exec prometheus- supervisorctl stop all