How to upgrade vRealize Log Insight in VMware Cloud Foundation 2.3.2.5

Products

• VMware Cloud Foundation

Issue/Introduction

This article provides instructions for how to upgrade vRealize Log Insight in VMware Cloud Foundation 2.3.2.5.

Environment

VMware Cloud Foundation 2.3.x

Resolution

Notes:

• Ensure VMware Cloud Foundation has been upgraded to version 2.3.2.5.
• Take snapshots of all vRealize Log Insight VMs prior to beginning this procedure.
• Download the VMware vRealize Log Insight 4.5.0- Upgrade Package (VMware-vRealize-Log-Insight-4.5.0-5654101.pak) from customerconnect.vmware.com.

 

Disable Pre-Upgrade Verification in vRealize Log Insight

1. Log in to the vRealize Log Insight user interface on the Log Insight primary node as the admin user.
2. Open a second tab in the same browser and connect to https://<Log Insight master node>/internal/config.
3. Add the following line inside the <upgrade></upgrade> stanza:

<upgrade-prevalidation-enabled value="false" />

4. Click the SAVE button.

 

Upgrade vRealize Log Insight

1. Log in to the vRealize Log Insight user interface as the admin user.
2. Click the configuration drop-down menu icon  and select Administration.
3. Under Management, click Cluster and click Upgrade Cluster.
4. Browse to the location of the VMware-vRealize-Log-Insight-4.5.0-5654101.pak file on your local file system and click Open.
5. In the Upgrade Log Insight dialog box, click Upgrade and wait until the .pak file uploads to the primary node.
6. On the End User License Agreement page, click Accept.

   Note: The Upgrade Log Insight progress dialog box opens.

7. After the upgrade of the primary node completes, in the Upgrade Successful dialog box that appears, click OK.

   
   Notes:

• The upgrade of the remaining nodes in the cluster starts automatically.
• After the upgrade process for the cluster completes, the Integrated Load Balancer comes online and display as Available.

Note: See Installing or Upgrading vRealize Log Insight Agents for detailed instructions related to upgrading the Log Insight agent on Windows or Linux nodes where an older version was installed.
 

Enable Pre-Upgrade Verification in vRealize Log Insight

1. Log in to the vRealize Log Insight user interface on the Log Insight primary node as the admin user.
2. Open a second tab in the same browser and connect to https://<Log Insight master node>/internal/config.
3. Remove the following line inside the <upgrade></upgrade> stanza:

<upgrade-prevalidation-enabled value="false" />

4. Click the SAVE button.