How to upgrade Telco Cloud Automation Manager to 2.1

In this Blog we will talk about the steps how to upgrade Telco Cloud Automation Manager From My 1.9.x Version to 2.1 . VMware Telco Cloud Automation from Version 1.9.5 , 2.0, 2.0.1 to 2.1 we have the straight path to upgrade . Before we upgrade Telco Cloud Automation 2.1 we need to ensure that the following hardware resources are met:

Note : My Lab Environment is 1.9.1 i wanted to if you are having Production Environment please don't try to upgrade from 1.9.1 to 2.1 as this is not tested .

Prerequires

Procedure :

Step 1 : Download the patch of TCA 2.1 from my vmware depot.

Step 2 : Take the backup of the tca manager & tca-cp .

Step 3 : Login to the TCA manager https://192.168.90.6:944

Step 4 : Navigate to the Administration -> Upgrade -> Select Browse and upload the bundle

Step 5 : once the bundle image is uploaded it will give you the option to Upgrade it.

Step 6 : Click Upgrade , the upgrade will start

Steps 7 : upgrade completed successfully

Note : Same steps we have to follow for Telco Cloud Automation Control Plane .

Step 8 : Moving to upgrade the Telco cloud automation control plane. Need to follow the same steps.

Step 9 : Login to TCA-CP https://192.168.90.7 :9443

Step 10 : Click on upgrade

Step 11 : Select the TCA 2.1 upgrade bundle and click continue this will start uploading and validating the bundle.

Step 12: One the Validation and upload of the bundle is completed u will see the upgrade button to upgrade the appliance.

Step 13: Click upgrade

Upgrade got completed For TCA-CP without any issues . Once upgrade is completed do login to both your TCA and make sure everything is up and running fine. It took me 20 to 30min to upgrade Each Appliance .

VMware official Document for upgrade TCA 2.1 is here