Managing the vSphere Lifecycle
Managing the life cycle of vSphere involves keeping vCenter and ESXi hosts up to date and integrated with other VMware and third-party solutions. It also involves keeping VMware Tools and virtual hardware in a VM up to date. To achieve these goals, you must understand how to keep vCenter up-to-date and how to use the features provided by vSphere Lifecycle Manager, namely, cluster-level management of ESXi hosts.
About Upgrades, Updates, and Patches :-
vSphere products distinguish between upgrades, updates, and patches: Upgrades:
Updates and Patches:
Updating and Patching vCenter:-
To manage the life cycle of vCenter, use the vCenter Management Interface to update and patch vCenter
The Update pane lists the vCenter updates that you can select. Details include release date, version, severity, and other information about each vCenter update available. The Type column tells you if the release item is an update, an upgrade, or a patch. If multiple versions appear, the recommended version is preselected.
vCenter updates and patches are located in a default VMware repository URL. You can configure the vCenter Server Appliance to use the default VMware repository URL or a custom repository URL, for example, a repository URL that you previously built on a local Web server running within your data center.
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For details about upgrading and patching vCenter, see vCenter Server Upgrade at :- Managing Software Updates, Patch
Upgrading vCenter Server Appliance
You use the vCenter installer to upgrade vCenter Server Appliance to a newer version.
For details about upgrading vCenter, see vCenter Server Upgrade at :- vCenter Upgrade steps
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