FAQ - vCenter Upgrade


Status

We have divided the vSphere upgrade in two stages: vCenter and ESXi upgrades. The vCenter upgrade was complete on May 14, 2022. The ESXi host upgrades will be performed in the upcoming weeks and the following section will be updated accordingly.

Component

Status

Component

Status

vCenter Upgrade

Completed

FD1 ESXi Upgrade

Completed

FD2 ESXi Upgrade

Completed

FD3 ESXi Upgrade

Completed

FD4 ESXi Upgrade

Completed

ITS Private Cloud Ecosystem

Will the ITS Private Cloud API work in version 7.0?

Yes. The VSS API will keep its current feature set and eventually add new functionalities integrating with v7.0.

Will the ITS Private Cloud CLI work in version 7.0?

Yes. Since the VSS CLI is a client to the API, it will work. Refer to the following article https://onesearch.library.utoronto.ca/ic-faq/41090 to clear cache of vctr5-1.dcb.eis.utoronto.ca host.

vSphere Client

The vSphere client is not working properly, is this normal?

Usually, the vSphere client web browser cache should be cleared after a version upgrade. Please, follow this great how-to from U of T Libraries Clearing Browser Cookies | University of Toronto Libraries (utoronto.ca).

Guest Operating Systems

What Operating Systems will be added in version 7.0?

The following Operating System are recently added by vSphere 7.0:

Asianux 9 (64bit)

FreeBSD 13 (64Bit)

Other Linux 5.x (64bit)

Asianux 9 (64bit)

FreeBSD 13 (64Bit)

Other Linux 5.x (64bit)

CentOS 9 (64bit)

FreeBSD 13

Other Linux 5.x

Debian 11 (64bit)

Oracle Linux 9 (64bit)

Other Linux

Debian 11

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (64bit)

SUSE Enterprise Linux 16 (64bit)

Windows 2019 Server (64bit)

Windows 2022 Server (64bit)

 

For more information about vSphere 7.0 and Guest Operating System Compatibility refer to the following document.

New Features

Virtual Trusted Platform Module

The ITS Private Cloud API resources for vTPM management have been created, however until the ESXi host upgrade is not complete in the fault domain where your VM is hosted, the API endpoints would not work as expected.

Execute the following vss-cli command to list all your VMs and domains:

vss-cli --columns name,domain.name compute vm name domain.name -------------- ------------- 2204P-VM-New12 FD4

Or generate an inventory reportHow-to create a VM Inventory Report

The following table provides the status of vTPM support for each component:

Component

Status

Component

Status

ITS Private Cloud SDK

Completed

ITS Private Cloud CLI

Completed

 

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