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

Products

• VMware SDDC Manager / VCF Installer
• 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

Note: For new "greenfield" installations of VCF 9.1, this warning can show up even if there has been no upgrade, migration, or imports.  For this scenario, follow the following article to resolve: How to disable vCenter banner "Transition from vLCM Baselines to vLCM Images in a VCF environment should be performed via SDDC manager only."

Before proceeding 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
9.1.0	See above note.	See above note.	See above note.
9.0.x	See Prerequisites for Transitioning to vSphere Lifecycle Manager Images (VCF 9.0.x).	Download the script here. Follow the steps in Transitioning vSphere Lifecycle Manager Baseline Clusters to vSphere Lifecycle Manager Image Clusters Using PowerShell (VCF 9.0).	Login to the SDDC Manager UI and open API Explorer. 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).	Download the script here. Follow the steps in Transitioning vSphere Lifecycle Manager Baseline Clusters to vSphere Lifecycle Manager Image Clusters Using PowerShell (VCF 5.2.2).	Login to the SDDC Manager UI and open API Explorer. 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, review the CHANGELOG at our GitHub repository for this script.

For product issues, open a standard Broadcom support case.

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

If it is VCF on VxRail Dell team would provide a vLCM script as outlined in VCF on VxRail: Enable vLCM Script for VCF VUM-to-vLCM Transition