Transition to vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) Images using SDDC Manager

Products

• VMware SDDC Manager
• VMware Cloud Foundation

Issue/Introduction

This article provides the steps to transition from vSphere Lifecycle Manager Baselines(VUM) to vSphere Lifecycle Manager Images(vLCM) in a SDDC managed environment.

Environment

VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.2
VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0

Resolution

Before proceeding please read the requirements from transitioning vSphere clusters from vLCM baseline management to vLCM image management. 

VCF Version	Prerequisites	PowerShell Method (Recommended)	SDDC Manager API Method
9.0.x	See Prerequisites for Transitioning to vSphere Lifecycle Manager Images (VCF 9.0.x).	1. Download the script here. 2. Follow the steps in Transitioning vSphere Lifecycle Manager Baseline Clusters to vSphere Lifecycle Manager Image Clusters Using PowerShell (VCF 9.0).	1. Login to the SDDC Manager UI and open API Explorer. 2. Follow the steps in Transition to vSphere Lifecycle Manager Images Using the SDDC Manager API (VCF 9.0).
5.2.2	See Prerequisites for Transitioning to vSphere Lifecycle Manager Images (VCF 5.2.2).	1. Download the script here. 2. Follow the steps in Transitioning vSphere Lifecycle Manager Baseline Clusters to vSphere Lifecycle Manager Image Clusters Using PowerShell (VCF 5.2.2).	1. Login to the SDDC Manager UI and open API Explorer. 2. Follow the steps in Transition to vSphere Lifecycle Manager Images Using the SDDC Manager API (VCF 5.2.2).

 

Additional Information

To review changes history, please review the CHANGELOG at our GitHub repository for this script.

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For bugs or enhancement requests with this script, please open a GitHub issue.