Hi Raghu You can update the vCenter Server Appliance using 3 ways: 1. Offline Update 2. Online Update 3. using CLI Please refer this link. 4sysops.com/archives/three-ways-to-update-vmware-vcenter-server-appliance-vcsa/
@@govmlab thanks.. Offline update is to upload the ISO. Online Update is thru Repository update and from CLI mode i am not able to process it end to end. if possible can you make it a video of CLI update. before proceeding what pre-request we need to follow. i am your valued member. last point what about UI installer upgrade is it recommended to upgrade Vcentre with UI Installer..
Yes Nilesh VCSA Appliance is just another Virtual Machine. You can certainly take Snapshot of VCSA before applying any Patch to it. You can use any Backup software to take Image Level Backup of VCSA Appliance.
In how many ways we can upgrade the latest vcenter version. can you please briefly explain on this.
Hi Raghu
You can update the vCenter Server Appliance using 3 ways:
1. Offline Update
2. Online Update
3. using CLI
Please refer this link.
4sysops.com/archives/three-ways-to-update-vmware-vcenter-server-appliance-vcsa/
@@govmlab thanks.. Offline update is to upload the ISO. Online Update is thru Repository update and from CLI mode i am not able to process it end to end. if possible can you make it a video of CLI update. before proceeding what pre-request we need to follow. i am your valued member.
last point what about UI installer upgrade is it recommended to upgrade Vcentre with UI Installer..
Before patch vcsa can we take snapshot or backup?
Yes Nilesh
VCSA Appliance is just another Virtual Machine. You can certainly take Snapshot of VCSA before applying any Patch to it.
You can use any Backup software to take Image Level Backup of VCSA Appliance.
Thank you 🙏