Unable to upgrade hosts due to missing NSX LCP bundle.

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

Attempting to upgrade ESXi 7.0 to ESXi 8.0 using vLCM vCenter 8.0 U3

Error -   No compatible component NSX LCP Bundle is found in Solution VMWare NSX-T, candidate versions are 3.2.4.2.0-7.0.24840733

Environment

VCSA 8.0 U3

ESXi 7.0 U3  --> ESXi 8.0 U3

NSX 3.2.4.2.0

 

Cause

An upgrade was being attempted to an unsupported configuration.

Broadcom Product Interoperability Matrix

 

Resolution

NSX 3.2 does not support ESX8. So NSX should be upgraded first to 4.0, which supports ESXi 8.0. And then upgrade vSphere. When vCenter is upgraded from 7.0 to 8.0, NSX will upload nsx-lcp-esx80 depot to vCenter

Update Sequence for VMware vSphere 8.0 and Compatible VMware Products

Supported NSX and ESXi versions