An administrator is preparing to upgrade their VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) management domain from VCF 5.0 to VCF 9.0. After configuring the online depot, they see the SDDC Manager 9.0 upgrade…

Question

Options

• AUpgrade the SDDC Manager to 9.0.
• BUse the VCF Download Tool to download the missing 9.0 upgrade bundles.
• CUpgrade the management domain from VCF 5.0 to VCF 5.2.
• DUse the VCF Offline Bundle Transfer Utility (OBTU) to download the missing 9.0 upgrade bundles.

• A
  75% (30)
• B
  5% (2)
• C
  5% (2)
• D
  15% (6)

Explanation

When upgrading from VCF 5.0 to VCF 9.0, the upgrade workflow requires that the SDDC Manager be upgraded first before any other component bundles (vCenter, ESX, NSX) become visible. This is explicitly stated in the VMware Cloud Foundation upgrade process: the upgrade bundles for the management domain components are dependent on the SDDC Manager version. The online depot will not present the 9.0 upgrade bundles for vCenter, ESX, or NSX until the SDDC Manager itself has reached the target major version (in this case, 9.0). This is because SDDC Manager contains the updated Lifecycle Management (LCM) engine and updated bundle manifests, which are required to understand, download, and orchestrate the remaining component upgrades. Attempting to download the other bundles without upgrading SDDC Manager first is not supported.

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