Pre-Upgrade Health Check - Checklist for SSP 5.1.1

Products

• VMware vDefend Firewall
• VMware vDefend Firewall with Advanced Threat Prevention

Issue/Introduction

Before performing an upgrade to a workload cluster (such as upgrading to SSP 5.1.1) or during routine troubleshooting, it is critical to verify the health and stability of the control plane.

Proceeding with lifecycle operations on a cluster that is not fully healthy can lead to unexpected behavior or incomplete upgrades.

Environment

vDefend Security Services Platform 5.1.1

Cause

A thorough health check is necessary to validate the status of critical services, node reachability, and backend database health, ensuring the environment is in an optimal state for maintenance activities.

Resolution

Contact Broadcom Support for performing pre-upgrade health checks.