PowerFlex 4.x Upgrading VMware vCenter

Summary: Upgrade the PowerFlex management controller VMware vCenter server in the following order:

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Instructions

Upgrading VMware vCenter

Upgrade the PowerFlex management controller VMware vCenter server in the following order:

  1. Remove the VMware vCenter HA configuration. To remove the VMware vCenter HA configuration, see the Broadcom documentation available on the Broadcom support portal.
  2. Take a snapshot of the PowerFlex management controller VMware vCenter. To take a snapshot, see the Broadcom documentation available on the Broadcom support portal.
  3. Upgrade the PowerFlex management controller VMware vCenter from version 7.0.x to 8.0.x. To upgrade the PowerFlex management controller VMware vCenter, see the Broadcom documentation available on the Broadcom support portal.
  4. Complete the VMware vCenter upgrades covered in this guide:
    1. Upgrade the PowerFlex management controller VMware ESXi hosts.
    2. Upgrade the distributed virtual switches.
    3. Upgrade the VMware tools and hardware version.
    4. Configure the VMware vCenter HA.
CAUTION: Intelligent Catalog (IC) bundles 46.375.00, 46.380.00 and above on the Dell support site do not contain the VMware ESXi and vCSA images and the patch depot file. Customers must procure and provide the VMware ESXi and vCSA standard images and the patch depot file for building the PowerFlex management controller, PowerFlex hyperconverged nodes, or PowerFlex compute-only nodes from the Broadcom support portal. The custom and Dell_customized images are not supported. See the PowerFlex Appliance with PowerFlex 4.x Intelligent Catalog Release Notes 3.8 or PowerFlex Appliance with PowerFlex 4.x Intelligent Catalog Release Notes 3.7 for the VMware ESXi and vCSA version details.

Additional Information

Full for Upgrade Guide See Dell PowerFlex Appliance with PowerFlex 4.x Upgrade Guide | Dell US 

Affected Products

PowerFlex rack, ScaleIO
Article Properties
Article Number: 000315070
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 30 Apr 2025
Version:  1
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