Holodeck 9.0.2 Upgrade to VCF 9.1 Early Access???

[Weng Chee Poon]

Hi,

I have obtained access to VCF 9.1 (Early Access) and would like to check whether a Holodeck 9.0.2 environment can be upgraded to 9.1 using the installer provided by Broadcom.

Could you please advise if this is supported?

Thank you.

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[Daniel Micanek]

Hi,
I was able to install VCF 9.1 in a Holodeck 9.0.2 environment after applying my fix to SddcMgmtDeployment.psm1. The deployment successfully prepared the ESXi hosts and the VCF Installer, and I was then able to continue in the VCF Installer using VCF-deployment-spec-9.1.0.0.json.

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Attachment(s)

Holodeck VCF9.1 fix.7z   15 KB 1 version

[Weng Chee Poon]

Hi,

Would updating the SddcMgmtDeployment.psm1 and VCF-deployment-spec-9.1.0.0.json files you shared be sufficient? Does this only work in Provision-Only mode?

Also, how did you upload the installation binaries? Which directory should they be placed in?

Additionally, have you tried deploying Holodeck 9.0.2 and then upgrading it to 9.1.0?

Thank you.

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[Daniel Micanek]

Hi,

Yes, updating the SddcMgmtDeployment.psm1 and VCF-deployment-spec-9.1.0.0.json files I shared should be sufficient.

As far as I know, this is intended for Provision-Only mode.

I uploaded the Holodeck VCF9.1 fix.7z archive. Please unzip it and replace the file here:

~/.local/share/powershell/Modules/HoloDeck/Modules/SddcMgmtDeployment.psm1

In my case, I installed VCF 9.1 inside Holodeck 9.0.2. I chose this approach to save storage in my lab.

Best regards, Daniel

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[Weng Chee Poon]

Hi,

Noted, thank you. I will give it a try.

Just to confirm, should all the installation binaries be uploaded to the offline depot?

Thanks.

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[Daniel Micanek]

Hi,

You're welcome.
Just to confirm, should all the installation binaries be uploaded to the offline depot? Yes, exactly.

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[Weng Chee Poon]

Hi Daniel,

I would like to seek your advice regarding the VCF 9.1 offline depot downloaded from the Broadcom support portal.

After pointing to the offline depot, the system is unable to locate the Lifecycle Manager files. Do you have any idea where I can obtain the required OVA?

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[Daniel Micanek]

Hi,

As a workaround, create the following OVA file under /VCF91/PROD/COMP/VRSLCM/:

VCF-OPS-Lifecycle-Manager-Appliance-9.1.0.0.24695812.ova

You can do this by copying the existing 9.0.2 OVA and renaming it:

cp VCF-OPS-Lifecycle-Manager-Appliance-9.0.2.0.25137839.ova \
   VCF-OPS-Lifecycle-Manager-Appliance-9.1.0.0.24695812.ova

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[Weng Chee Poon]

Hi Daniel,

I'm unable to locate the VCF-OPS-Lifecycle-Manager-Appliance-9.0.2.0.25137839.ova in the offline depot or on the Holodeck router.
Is there a way to download this file, or is it possible to proceed without it?

I would appreciate your assistance.

Thank you.

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[Weng Chee Poon]

Hi Daniel,

I deployed the VCF Offline Depot manually rather than using the Holodeck Offline Depot Appliance v0.1.3.
Is it mandatory to use the Holodeck appliance, or is a manual offline depot deployment supported?

Kindly please advise.

Thanks.

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[Daniel Micanek]

Hi,
You could use VCF Offline Depot manually or Holodeck Offline Depot Appliance v0.1.3 and then specify IP port for offline depot.

New-HoloDeckInstance -Version 9.1.0.0 -InstanceID holodeck -ManagementOnly -vSANMode 'ESA'  -Site a  -DepotType Offline

.....       
Enter offline depot IP/FQDN: x.x.x.x
Enter offline depot port: 80
Enter offline depot protocol (http/https): http
Enter offline depot username:
Enter offline depot password:

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[Daniel Micanek]

Hi,

As a workaround, you could try to only create empty file:

touch VCF-OPS-Lifecycle-Manager-Appliance-9.1.0.0.24695812.ova

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[Weng Chee Poon]

Hi Daniel,

Following your guide and creating the required empty files, I was able to proceed with the ESXi host creation and VCF installer setup.

However, I'm now encountering another issue. When I try to connect to the offline depot server, an error appears (see below).

I have verified that the credentials are correct and that HTTPS access works via the web browser. Do you have any idea what might be causing this issue?

Thank you for your assistance.

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[Daniel Micanek]

Hi,

I used http without username/password. Could you try offline depot with http?

.....       
Enter offline depot IP/FQDN: x.x.x.x
Enter offline depot port: 80
Enter offline depot protocol (http/https): http
Enter offline depot username:
Enter offline depot password:

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[Weng Chee Poon]

Hi Daniel,

Just for your information, to use the offline depot over port 443 in the VCF Installer, the certificate needs to be trusted via the CLI before adding it in the UI. It seems this may be a limitation from v9.0 to v9.1.

I'm happy to share that I've successfully deployed VCF 9.1 in Holodeck.

There are quite a few new features in v9.1.

Thanks again for your support.

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[Laurn Werner]

During the deployment i'm seeing this error during the phase "Deploy and configure VCF Management Platform". Error is "Failed to register the appliance certificate with VCF services runtime". Any ideas?

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[Weng Chee Poon]

Hi Daniel,

After deploying in Provision-Only mode, I noticed that the NSX Edge Cluster is not created in the management domain.

Did you deploy the NSX Edge Cluster manually? If so, would you be able to share the configuration or steps you used for the Holodeck NSX Edge Cluster setup in the management domain?

Thank you for your assistance.

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[Laurn Werner]

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