Upgrade from 4.4.x to 5.1 fails to select 5.1 as target version

Products

• VMware Cloud Foundation

Issue/Introduction

This article will help users to unblock themselves and continue the upgrade.

Symptoms:

During an attempt to select 5.1 as target version after sddc manager only upgrade from 4.4.x to 5.0.0.1 selection is blocked with "not interopable: ESX_HOST 8.0.2-22380479 -> SDDC_MANAGER 5.0.0.1-22485660"

Environment

Vmware Cloud Foundation 5.1
Vmware Cloud Foundation 5.0.0.1
VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0

Cause

The Issue occurs due to a bug in SDDC Manager validations for interoperability because of which 5.1 BOM is validated against 5.0.0.1 SDDC Manager.

Resolution

The issue is resolved in VCF 5.1 release.

Workaround:

To workaround the issue run the below mentioned steps through SDDC Manager UI:

1. Find the management domain id:

 Navigate to "Developer Center" -> API Explorer" -> API Category "Domains" and run "GET /v1/domains" with parameter Type: "MANAGEMENT". In response, search and note the id of the domain - filed like 'id : xxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx'.

 

2. Delete all set target versions:

 Navigate to "Developer Center" -> API Explorer" -> API Category "TargetUpgradeVersion". Execute "PATCH /v1/releases/domains/{domainId}" with domainId from Step 1 and without the body. When executed the request, should return a response: "Status: 200, OK".

This will clean up the previously selected 5.0.0.1 as a target version.

3. Navigate to Inventory -> Workload domains, open Management Domain -> Updates and select 5.1 as the target version in "Available Updates".