Unable to upgrade vdefend SSP from 5.0.0 to 5.1.1

Products

• VMware vDefend Firewall

Issue/Introduction

When attempting SSPI upgrade, precheck fails with error,

"Security Services Platform Current SSP <instance name> version (5.0.0-0.0-24631122) is less than required minimum SSP version (5.1.1) Error"

Environment

SSP 5.0.x.x, 5.1.x.x

Cause

This error is seen when SSPI upgrade is initiated before completing SSP upgrade.

Resolution

• The correct order for upgrading SSP and SSPI is first SSP, and followed by SSPI.
• Upgrade the SSP first, once upgrade completes successfully, Proceed to upgrade SSPI.