This part of the lab is presented as a Hands-on Labs Interactive Simulation. This will allow you to experience steps which are too time-consuming or resource intensive to do live in the lab environment. In this simulation, you can use the software interface as if you are interacting with a live environment.

The orange boxes show where to click, and the left and right arrow keys can also be used to move through the simulation in either direction.

SDDC Manager provides notification when software updates become available.  In this example, we are running Cloud Foundation version 2.0 and we see notification that new software bundles are available for download.

1. Click View Updates
   • We are taken to the LIFECYCLE page where we see two updates are available for download, as indicated by the number 2 next to REPOSITORY.
2. Click EVO SDDC UPDATE to expand the update.  We see additional details such as when the update was released, along with the DOWNLOAD button. (Note, EVO SDDC was the previous name of VMware Cloud Foundation and this name remains in some of the software packages).
3. Click MORE to learn more about this update.
   • We see a pop-up that provides detailed information about the update to include the version, size and software components that are included.
4. Click the scroll bar down
   • As we scroll down we can view the detailed list of software components in the update.  This software bundle will update our environment from Cloud Foundation 2.0 to Cloud Foundation 2.1.  The specific software components included in the update are the SDDC Manager (VRM), the Hardware Management Services (HMS_), and the Lifecycle management (LCM) components.
5. Click the scroll bar up
6. Click X to close the Bundle Details window
7. Click VMware Software Update to expand this update.
   • Here again, we see the release date for the update.  Notice that in this case we don't see the DOWNLOAD button, instead we are notified that a previous download is required.  We need to download the EVO SDDC Update, before we can download the VMware Software Update.
8. Click MORE to view details about this software bundle.
9. Click the scroll bar down
   • As we scroll down we see that this update bundle includes software updates that will upgrade from NSX 6.2.3 to 6.2.4, and ESXi 6.0 update 2 to 6.0 patch 4.
10. Click the scroll bar up
11. Click X to close the Bundle Details window
12. Click the scroll bar down
13. Click DOWNLOAD to initiate the download of the EVO SDDC Update bundle
    • We are notified that the download request was received and the download will start shortly.
14. Click the scroll bar up
15. Click REFRESH
    • On refreshing the view we see the update bundle is downloaded.
16. Click EVO SDDC Update to collapse the bundle details.
17. Click VMware Software Update to expand the bundle details
    • With the download dependency met, we now see the download button.
18. Click DOWNLOAD to initiate the download of the VMware Software Update bundle
    • Review the download details.
19. Click DOWNLOAD
    • The window refreshes.
20. Click VMware Software Update again to expand the bundle details
    • We see in the bundle details that the update is downloaded.
21. Click VMware Software Update to collapse the bundle details.
    • Notice that when the two update bundles were downloaded they were moved from REPOSITORY over to UPDATE, indicating the updates have been downloaded and are available to be scheduled.
22. Click UPDATE
23. Click Available Updates to expand the list and see the available updates.
    • Here we see the two update bundles that were just downloaded.  Notice how the SDDC Manager understands and enforces software dependencies when updating Cloud Foundation.  Here we see the UPDATE button next to the EVO SDDC Update, where for the VMware Software Release bundle we see message notyfing us that we must complete the EVO SDDC Update first. 
24. Click UPDATE
    • Next we select the target workload domain.  In this example, because the update is for the SDDC Manager and it's sub-components, the update only applies to the Management Workload Domain, which is selected by default.
25. Click the scroll bar down
26. Click EXPAND to view details about the update.
    • We see a summary of all the software components that will be updated by this bundle.  Each component is listed with its current version and the target upgrade version.
27. Click the scroll bar down
28. Click NEXT
    • Use the calendar to set the DATE and TIME for the update.
29. Click NEXT
    • At the Review Update screen, verify the update schedule and Click SCHEDULE UPDATE
    • We are returned to the Lifecycle Management screen where we see the EVO SDDC Update is now listed under SCHEDULED UPDATES
30. Click SCHEUDLED UPDATES
    • We see the update and the time it has been scheduled. 
31. Click 10:57pm 3:03 2017
32. Select VIEW UPDATE DETAILS
33. Click REFRESH STATUS
    • We see the update has started and it's updating component 1 of 3.
34. Click EXPAND
    • Monitor the update as it's applied.  After all three modules have been updated the status shows COMPLETE.
    • (note, we now see that as part of the update from VCF 2.0 to VCF 2.1 the SDDC Manager UI has been updated to now reflect VMware SDDC Manager where before it was using the old name EVO SDDC Manager.)
35. Click COLLAPSE
    • We have completed the first of our two updates. 
36. Click the LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT bread crumb to go back to the main Lifecycle Manager view.
    • The completed update now shows under "Completed Updates".  However, we still have an "Available Update" for the VMware Software Components bundle.
37. Click Available Updates to expand the list of available updates
38. Click UPDATE to schedule the update
    • At the Select Target Update screen we choose the Workload Domains we want to update.  Notice that the management workload domain is selected by default as it is required that we update this domain.
39. Click the scroll bar down
40. Click EXPAND
    • Here again we see the list of components that will be updated with this bundle along with the current and target version numbers.  We see the three ESXi hosts in the management workload domain will be upgraded to ESXi 6.4 Patch 4.
41. Click the scroll bar down
    • Here we see the NSX Manager will also be upgraded from version 6.2.3 to version 6.2.4.
42. Click the scroll bar down
43. Click NEXT
    • Use the calendar to schedule the update and Click NEXT
44. Click the scroll bar down
    • At the Review Update screen, verify the update schedule
45. Click SCHEDULE UPDATE
    • We are returned to the Lifecycle Management screen where we see the VMware Software Update is now listed under SCHEDULED UPDATES.  Notice that by default the filters are configured to show ALL updates.  We can click the drop downs to apply filters.
46. Click ALL next to the Completed Updates
    • We can filter updates based on 30, 60 and 120 day filters. 
47. Click ALL
48. Click Scheduled Updates to expand the list and view our active update
49. Click 11:29pm 3 03 2017
50. Select VIEW UPDATE DETAILS
51. Click EXPAND
52. Click REFRESH STATUS
    • We see the update status change from scheduled to queued and then to updating component 1 of 6.  We also see the three ESXi hosts listed with a gray icon indicating the update is queued.  As the hosts are updated the icon will turn green to indicate when the update is complete.
53. Click the scroll bar down
    • Here we see the NSX components that will be upgraded.  Here we see a green icon next to the NSX Manager, indicating the update is in progress and gray icons for the other components indicating they are queued.
54. Click the scroll bar to the top of the page
    • Here we see the update is now complete.  The green icons next to the servers indicate a successful upgrade.
55. Click the scroll bar down
    • Here we see the NSX components that will be upgraded. Again, with the green icons to indicate a successful update.  The VMware Software Update on our Management Domain is now complete.  Next we will upgrade the software components running in our VI Workload Domains.
56. Click the scroll bar up
57. Click Lifecycle Management to return to the Lifecycle Management Summary page.
    • Here we see that we still have an update pending.  This is because we have the second workload domain that needs to be updated with the VMware Software Update.
58. Click Available Updates
59. Click UPDATE
    • At the Select Target Update screen
60. Select VI-WLD-01
61. Click the scroll bar down
62. Click EXPAND
    • Here again we see the list of components that will be updated with this bundle along with the current and target version numbers.  As we just applied this update to the Management Workload Domain, this information is familiar to us.
63. Click the scroll bar down
64. Click NEXT
    • Use the calendar to schedule the update
65. Click NEXT
    • At the Review Update screen, verify the update schedule
66. Click SCHEDULE UPDATE
    • We are returned to the Lifecycle Management screen where we see the VMware Software Update is now listed under SCHEDULED UPDATES
67. Click Scheduled Updates to expand the list and view our active update
68. Click 8:58am 3 04 2017
69. Select VIEW UPDATE DETAILS
70. Click EXPAND
71. Click the scroll bar down
72. Click REFRESH STATUS
    • We again see the update status change from scheduled to queued and then to updating component 1 of 6.   This time, let's click on the NSX Manager as it's being updated.
73. Click 192.168.160.27 NSX Manager
    • We see the update status is IN PROGRESS
74. Click MORE
75. Click the scroll bar down
    • Using this view we can monitor the update progress.
76. Click the scroll bar up
77. Click the VIEW UPDATE DETAILS bread crumb to return to the Update Details view
78. Click the scroll bar down
    • We see by the green icons that the NSX Manager update has completed and it's now updating the NSX Controller Cluster.
79. Click NSX Controller Cluster
80. Click MORE
    • Here again, we can view the update progress in real time.
81. Click the VIEW UPDATE DETAILS bread crumb to return to the Update Details view
82. Click the scroll bar down and wait for the update to finish.
    • We see the update finishes and the status changes to COMPLETED.
83. Click the scroll bar up
84. Click the LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT  bread crumb to return to the Lifecycle Management summary view.
85. Click Completed Updates to expand the list of completed updates.
    • Here we see the three updates that we just applied to our Cloud Foundation instance listed with a status of SUCCESS.

This concludes our simulation of the Cloud Foundation automated patching and upgrade feature available with VMware SDDC Manager.

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