VMware vCenter Server VCSA 7.0 Update 2 upgrade process

With the release of vSphere 7 Update 2, VMware has introduced many great new features with the new vSphere release. Among those is of course a new vCenter Server version. The new VCSA 7 Update 2 appliance provides tremendous capabilities, especially with the evolution of vSAN and the other underlying technologies.

With vSphere 7 Update 2, vCenter Server has become more powerful and offers new features and capabilities. Among those are:

New vSphere Client UI Look!
New CLI deployment of vCenter Server
Parallel remediation using vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) baselines
Improved vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) error messages
Increased scalability with vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM)
vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) assisted migration from NSX-T switches (NVDS) to vSphere Distributed Switches (vDS)
Use a single reference host to deploy vSphere clusters using vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM)
vSphere Lifecycle Manager fast upgrades
More intelligent vMotion operations
Confidential vSphere Pods on a Supervisor cluster in vSphere with Tanzu
Native Key Management Server included with vCenter Server
New feedback tool in the vSphere Client

Check out my blog post here for a detailed look at the features:


Also, check out my post on the new vSAN 7.0 Update 2 top new features found in this release here:

[mattburgos]

was very helpful in my upgrade approach. Thanks!!!

[georgeiafrate]

Two Questions 1) Do you have to do anything with the hosts (meaning Maint mode) before applying this update? 2) After this update do you need to reboot all your Hosts? - Sorry I am new and learning.

[dmustakasjr]

Post upgrade the vSphere client (web) wont load after providing credentials. Just a loading circle to nowhere. Everything else looks good.

[smmstech]

Hello, I mistakenly disabled my sso which is my default, how can I enable it from the command line seems I can’t do that from the web because my domain is the permission provider

[stylore]

So the issue I am running into is when I go into the VAMI and try to update VCSA to 7.0.2, the stage only and stage and install is greyed out. Could I just load the iso for 7.0.2 into the lifecycle manager ON the VCSA and upgrade that way? I am trying not to break anything but the instructions are limited from what I've found online. Any advice?

[MrSelecta]

Can you update from 7.0 update 1c straight to update 2d? I think from the VAMi its not supported for a cd-rom attachment
but using shell?

[hailtonviser]

And if I have to run vcenter HA how do I do this update?