Procedure to Validate VMware NSX for vSphere 6.x upgrade
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Procedure to Validate VMware NSX for vSphere 6.x upgrade

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Article ID: 341219

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Products

VMware NSX

Issue/Introduction

This article provides a procedure on validating your VMware NSX for vSphere 6.x upgrade.

Environment

VMware NSX for vSphere 6.1.x
VMware NSX for vSphere 6.2.x
VMware NSX for vSphere 6.0.x

Resolution

  1. Confirm the NSX Manager and Controller version:

    1. Log in using the vSphere Web Client.
    2. Navigate to Networking and Security > Installation.

    Notes:
    • You can also find the NSX Manager version through the NSX Manager User Interface (UI)
    • Running the show version command in the NSX Manager Command Line Interface (CLI)
  2. Verify the status of User World agents (UWA) in the ESXi host CLI by running this command:

    /etc/init.d/netcpad status

  3. Verify that the netcpa daemon is running using the esxtop command on the ESXi host. 

  4. Verify that the ESXi host has up-to-date VIBs:

    1. Log in using the vSphere Web Client.
    2. Navigate to Networking and Security > Installation > Host Preparation tab. The Installation Status column should display the VIBs version.
  5. Verify that the following VIBs are present on the ESXi host by running the following commands:

    For NSX 6.1.x and earlier:

    • esxcli software vib get --vibname esx-vxlan
    • esxcli software vib get --vibname esx-dvfilter-switch-security
    • esxcli software vib get --vibname esx-vsip

    For NSX 6.2.x and later:

    • esxcli software vib get --vibname esx-vxlan
    • esxcli software vib get --vibname esx-vsip
  6. Confirm the Edge Gateway Services (ESG) and Distributed Logical Router (DLR) version:

    1. Log in using the vSphere Web Client.
    2. Navigate to Networking and Security > NSX Edges. The version column should display the version.
  7. Confirm the Guest Introspection version:

    1. Log in using the vSphere Web Client.
    2. Navigate to Networking and Security > Installation > Service Deployments. The Installation Status column should show Upgrade Available.
    3. Once you upgraded, the Installation Status should display Succeeded.
  8. Once the upgrade completes, create a new NSX Manager Backup. To backup the NSX Manager, VMware recommends to follow best practices on these versions:

Note: The preceding link was correct as of January 27, 2016. If you find the link is broken, please provide feedback and a VMware employee will update the link.

 

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