Vxrail 4.7.525-26769857 bundle becomes available for upgrade even though NSX 6.4.8 upgrade still in-progress on VCF on Vxrail 3.10.1.2 environment

Products

• VMware Cloud Foundation

Issue/Introduction

The article provides guidance for affected customers who are upgrading to VCF 3.10.1.2

Symptoms:
This issue is found on VxRail environments where vCenter Server 6.7u3n patch is applied on 3.9.x, 3.10.x versions as per https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/84051, later if you are upgrading to VCF version 3.10.1.2, you may experience issues similar to: 

• Vxrail 4.7.525-26769857 bundle becomes available for upgrade in SDDC Manager UI Bundles page and Update/Patches tab even though NSX 6.4.8 upgrade is still in-progress on VCF on Vxrail 3.10.1.2 environment.
• Both NSX 6.4.8 bundle and Vxrail 4.7.525-26769857 bundles can become available for upgrade in SDDC manager UI Bundles page and Update/Patches tab.

For more information, see: Applying vCenter Server 6.7 Update 3n patch on VMware Cloud Foundation on 3.9.x, 3.10.0, 3.10.1.x, 3.10.2

Environment

VMware Cloud Foundation 3.10.1.2
VMware Cloud Foundation on VxRail 3.10.x

Cause

This is due to the out-of-band update of vCenter Server 6.7 Update 3n patch which causes the upgrade order mismatch in VCF on Vxrail environments.

Resolution

This issue is only seen in the 3.10.1.2 release and should not be seen on future VCF BOMs. 

Workaround:

To workaround this issue, complete the NSX 6.4.8 upgrade first and then the VxRail 4.7.525-26769857 upgrade can be triggered.