Telco Cloud Infrastructure - OpenStack Edition Platform Upgrade Guide 1.0

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Contents

1 About the Telco Cloud Infrastructure OpenStack Edition Platform Upgrade Guide4

2 About the Telco Cloud Infrastructure OpenStack Edition Platform 6Platform Components 7

Network Topology 8

3 Overview of the Telco Cloud Infrastructure OpenStack Edition Upgrade 10Supported Upgrade Path 10

Upgrade Sequence 10

Upgrade Checklist 11

4 Upgrading vCloud NFV OpenStack Edition to Telco Cloud Infrastructure OpenStack Edition 12Upgrading vCenter Server 12

Upgrading vSphere Replication 13

Upgrading Site Recovery Manager 13

Upgrading NSX-T Data Center 13

Upgrading ESXi 14

Upgrading the vSAN Cluster 14

Upgrading VMware Integrated OpenStack 14

Upgrading vRealize Products 14

Post-Upgrade Checklist 16

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About the Telco Cloud Infrastructure OpenStack Edition Platform Upgrade Guide

1This Platform Upgrade Guide provides information for upgrading VMware vCloud NFV™

OpenStack Edition to VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure™ – OpenStack Edition based on the vCloud NFV OpenStack Edition Reference Architecture. Telco Cloud Infrastructure maintains the design and framework of vCloud NFV to be a fully integrated, modular, multi-tenant telco cloud infrastructure solution.

This guide provides only high-level steps that are essential to upgrade the vCloud NFV OpenStack Edition platform. Procedures in this guide are validated in VMware labs. This guide is best referred together with the product documentation of each Telco Cloud Infrastructure OpenStack Edition component.

Intended Audience

This guide is intended for users who upgrade vCloud NFV OpenStack Edition to Telco Cloud Infrastructure OpenStack Edition. To upgrade vCloud NFV to Telco Cloud Infrastructure, you must have knowledge about the deployment and configuration of the Telco Cloud Infrastructure OpenStack Edition components.

Acronyms and Definitions

This guide uses a specific set of acronyms that apply to the NFV technology and the Telco industry.

Acronym Definition

DPDK Data Plane Development Kit, an Intel-led packet processing acceleration technology.

NFVI Network Functions Virtualization Infrastructure

N-VDS (E) Enhanced mode when using the N-VDS segment of VMware NSX-T™ Data Center. This mode enables Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) for workload acceleration.

N-VDS (S) Standard mode when using the N-VDS segment of VMware NSX-T™ Data Center

VIM Virtualized Infrastructure Manager

VNF Virtual Network Function

OSE OpenStack Edition

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Acronym Definition

VIO VMware Integrated OpenStack

ESXi VMware vSphere Hypervisor

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About the Telco Cloud Infrastructure OpenStack Edition Platform

2Telco Cloud Infrastructure OpenStack Edition is a purpose-built carrier grade cloud services platform, with significant NFV-focused features that are designed to support the Communication Service Provider (CSP) requirements. This section provides details about the platform components and network topology of vCloud NFV and Telco Cloud Infrastructure.

The following diagram shows the reference model for a Telco Cloud Infrastructure environment with functional abstractions and interactions in a tiered approach.

Figure 2-1. Layered Abstractions of the Telco Cloud Infrastructure Environment

Operations Management Tier

Physical Infrastructure Tier

NFVI Tier

Resource Orchestration Tier

Cloud Automation Tier

Solutions Tier CPE SD-WAN IMS EPC MEC IoT

Service Orchestration Global SDN Control OSS / BSS

VMware Integrated OpenStack(VIM)

NSX Manager (SDN Control) Policy Blueprints

Resource Pool Resource Pool

VNF VNF VNF VNF CNF

Tenant 1 Tenant N

vSphere vSAN NSX

vRealize Log Insight

vRealize Network Insight

vRealize Operations Manager

vRealize Orchestrator

Compute Storage Network

This chapter includes the following topics:

n Platform Components

n Network Topology

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Platform Components

VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure includes core, mandatory, optional components. The mandatory components are required for the solution to function and the optional components provide useful additional capabilities.

For more information about these components and the supported versions, see the VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure - OpenStack Edition 1.0 Release Notes.

Telco Cloud Infrastructure is based on the 3-Pod design comprising Management Pod, Edge Pod, and Resource Pod. Management Pod contains all management components such as VMware vCenter Server®, NSX Manager, VMware Integrated OpenStack™ (VIM), and Operations and Analytics.

Figure 2-2. Virtual Building Blocks of the vCloud NFV and Telco Cloud Infrastructure Platforms

Edge Pod

Management Pod

Management Network

vRealize Operations Manager (primary)

vRealize Network Insight (primary)

vRealize Log Insight (primary)

vRealize Orchestrator (primary)

NSX Edge(1) NSX Edge(n)

External NetworkVNF Network

Resource Pod

VNF VNF

Infrastructure Network

vSphere Replication

Site Recovery Manager

vCenter Sever (active)

vCenter Sever (active)

VMware IntegratedOpenStack

NSX-T Manager

The following table lists the source and target versions of components to be upgraded:

ComponentvCloud NFV OpenStack Edition 3.3

Telco Cloud Infrastructure OpenStack Edition 1.0

VMware ESXi™ 6.7 U3 6.7 EP15

VMware vCenter® Server Appliance™ 6.7 U3 6.7 U3j

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ComponentvCloud NFV OpenStack Edition 3.3

Telco Cloud Infrastructure OpenStack Edition 1.0

VMware vSAN™ 6.7 U3 6.7 EP15

VMware NSX-T™ Data Center 2.5.0 3.0.2

VMware® Integrated OpenStack 6.0 7.0

VMware vSphere® Replication™ 8.2.0.2 8.3.0.2

VMware Site Recovery Manager™ 8.2.0.2 8.3.0.2

VMware vRealize® Operations™ 7.5 8.1.1

VMware vRealize® Log Insight™ 4.8 8.1.1

VMware vRealize® Orchestrator Appliance™ 7.6 8.1.0

VMware vRealize® Network Insight™ 4.2 5.3.0

Network Topology

The network topology consists of various network segments. These network segments are divided into infrastructure networks and tenant networks.

The network traffic includes VMkernel traffic such as vSphere vMotion traffic, vSAN traffic, vSphere Replication traffic, and ESXi host management traffic. Tenant networks (physical VLAN networks) such as Management VLAN connects the management Virtual Machines (VMs) to the hypervisor.

All ESXi hosts are configured with VMware vSphere® Distributed Switch™ (VDS) devices, which provide the consistent network configuration across multiple hosts. The hypervisor VMkernel networks are configured on an infrastructure VDS, and the tenant networks are configured on a tenant VDS on each of the ESXi hosts.

Infrastructure Networks

Each ESXi host has multiple VMkernel port groups configured for each infrastructure network. The infrastructure networks are as follows:

n vMotion Network for the vSphere vMotion traffic.

n vSAN Network for the vSAN shared storage traffic.

n ESXi Management for the ESXi host management traffic.

n vSphere Replication Network for communication between hosts at the protected and recovery sites.

Tenant Networks

Tenant networks interconnect the VMs of Telco Cloud Infrastructure. These networks are configured on a dedicated tenant VDS in each of the pods. The tenant networks are as follows:

n VNF Network: Overlay network for VNF to VNF communication.

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n Management VLAN: VLAN-based network for the management component communication.

Management, Edge, and Resource Pods

The Telco Cloud Infrastructure platform contains a Management pod, a Resource pod, and an Edge pod.

A separate vCenter Server and an NSX Manager instances are used to manage the Management pod. The NSX Manager in the Management pod provides network services such as load balancing to VMware Cloud Director cells.

Figure 2-3. Host Network Design of vCloud NFV and Telco Cloud Infrastructure

VNF

VNF

VNF

VNF

Site Recovery Manager

ESG

ESG

ESG

vRealize OperationsManager (primary)

vRealize LogInsight (primary)

vCenter Server (active)

vRealize Orchestrator

ESXi

vMotion Network

vSAN Network

ESXi Management

vMotion Network

vSAN Network

ESXi Management

vSphere Replication

ESG

Edge Cluster Resource Cluster

Management Cluster

InfrastructureNetworks

InfrastructureNetworks

vSAN Enabled Cluster

vSAN Enabled Cluster

VMware Integrated OpenStack

ESXi

ESXi

vCenter Server (active)

vSphere Replication

NSX-T ManagervRealize Network Insight (primary)

ESXi

ESXi

ESXi

ESXi

ESXi

ESXi

ESXi

ESXi

ESXi

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Overview of the Telco Cloud Infrastructure OpenStack Edition Upgrade

3This section includes information about supported upgrade path, upgrade sequence, and upgrade checklist for upgrading vCloud NFV OpenStack Edition to Telco Cloud Infrastructure OpenStack Edition.

This chapter includes the following topics:

n Supported Upgrade Path

n Upgrade Sequence

n Upgrade Checklist

Supported Upgrade Path

VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure OpenStack Edition 1.0 supports only one upgrade path:

n vCloud NFV OpenStack Edition 3.3 to Telco Cloud Infrastructure OpenStack Edition 1.0

Note For more information about the reference architecture and design of Telco Cloud Infrastructure OpenStack Edition, consult your VMware account manager or support team.

Upgrade Sequence

The upgrade components have interdependencies. When upgrading the components, you must follow a specific upgrade sequence for minimal impact to running workloads and for preventing interoperability issues.

Note This upgrade sequence applies to both 2-Pod and 3-Pod design.

The following table lists the sequence in which you upgrade the components of vCloud NFV OpenStack Edition to Telco Cloud Infrastructure OpenStack Edition:

vCloud NFV components Management Cluster Resource and Edge ClusterDisaster Recovery Cluster

VMware vCenter™ Server 1 9 1

VMware vSphere® Replication™ 2 4

VMware Site Recovery Manager™ 3 5

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vCloud NFV components Management Cluster Resource and Edge ClusterDisaster Recovery Cluster

NSX-T Manager and its components Edges => Hosts => Manager

6 6

Note: ESXi Reboot is not required. ESXi goes into only the maintenance mode for transport nodes.

VMware ESXi™ and vSAN 7

Note: All the ESXi Servers from this cluster will be rebooted after this upgrade.

10

Note: All the ESXi Servers from this cluster will be rebooted after this upgrade.

7

Note: All the ESXi Servers from this cluster will be rebooted after this upgrade.

VMware Integrated OpenStack (VIO)

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VMware vRealize® Log Insight™ 11

VMware vRealize® Operations™ 11

VMware vRealize® Orchestrator 11

VMware vRealize® Network Insight

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Upgrade Checklist

Telco Cloud Infrastructure follows strict product upgrade guidelines. You must adhere to the upgrade checklist before upgrading vCloud NFV OpenStack Edition.

1 Ensure that the vCloud NFV OpenStack Edition 3.3 bundle is configured and functional.

2 Ensure that the Telco Cloud Infrastructure OpenStack Edition 1.0 bundle is downloaded.

3 Ensure that your environment has enough storage capacity for backups and snapshots.

4 Take a snapshot and backup of each vCloud NFV OpenStack Edition component.

5 Ensure that all the vCloud NFV components in the current production environment are patch current. For the list of components, see Upgrade Sequence.

6 Ensure that all the VMware products are licensed based on the new product versions supported in VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure OpenStack Edition 1.0.

7 Based on the components identified in the previous step, develop an upgrade sequence plan for the vCloud NFV OpenStack 3.3 solution deployed in your production environment.

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Upgrading vCloud NFV OpenStack Edition to Telco Cloud Infrastructure OpenStack Edition

4Upgrading vCloud NFV OpenStack Edition involves upgrading VMware Integrated OpenStack, NSX-T Data Center and its components, vCenter Server, vRealize products, vSphere Replication, Site Recovery Manager, vSphere ESXi Server, and vSAN Cluster.

This chapter includes the following topics:

n Upgrading vCenter Server

n Upgrading vSphere Replication

n Upgrading Site Recovery Manager

n Upgrading NSX-T Data Center

n Upgrading ESXi

n Upgrading the vSAN Cluster

n Upgrading VMware Integrated OpenStack

n Upgrading vRealize Products

n Post-Upgrade Checklist

Upgrading vCenter Server

This section describes how to upgrade vCenter Server from 6.7 U3 to 6.7 U3j.

Procedure

1 Upgrade vCenter Server from 6.7 U3 to 6.7 U3j. For more information, see the vCenter Server Upgrade Guide.

2 Install the vCenter Server Appliance Patches.

3 Patch the vCenter High Availability Environment.

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Upgrading vSphere Replication

To upgrade vSphere Replication from 8.2.0.2 to 8.3.0.2, you must upgrade the required components in your vSphere environment.

Note n Before upgrading the components on the recovery site, you must upgrade all the

components on the protected site.

n During the upgrade, if there are issues that prevent you from accessing the protected site, use the recovery site to restore the protected site to its original state. The ESXi host can be upgraded anytime.

Procedure

n Upgrade vSphere Replication.

Upgrading Site Recovery Manager

When you upgrade Site Recovery Manager from 8.2.0.2 to 8.3.0.2, complete the upgrade tasks on the protected site first and then start the upgrade on the recovery site.

Prerequisites

Ensure that vSphere Replication is upgraded to its latest version 8.3.0.2.

Important During the Site Recovery Manager upgrade, Site Recovery Manager is unavailable until you upgrade it and vSphere Replication to their latest versions 8.3.0.2.

Procedure

u Upgrade Site Recovery Manager.

Upgrading NSX-T Data Center

Upgrading NSX-T Data Center to version from 2.5.0 to 3.0.2 involves upgrading its components in the following order: Edges, Hosts, and Management Nodes.

Prerequisites

Perform Pre-Upgrade tasks.

Important Ensure that you back up NSX Manager before upgrading any of the NSX-T components. For more information, see NSX Backup and Restore.

Procedure

1 Review the NSX-T Data Center Upgrade Checklist to track your work on the NSX-T Data Center upgrade process.

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2 Prepare your infrastructure for the NSX-T Data Center upgrade.

3 Upgrade NSX-T Data Center.

4 Perform Post-Upgrade Tasks to verify whether the upgrade is successful.

Upgrading ESXi

This section describes upgrading the ESXi from 6.7 U3 to 6.7 EP15.

Procedure

u Upgrade the ESXi using one of the following options:

n ESXi command line. For instructions, see Update ESXi Hosts by Using Zip Files.

n vSphere Update Manager. For instructions, see About the Update Manager Process.

All the ESXi servers will be rebooted after the upgrade.

Upgrading the vSAN Cluster

This section describes how to upgrade vSAN from U3 to EP15.

The disk format upgrade is optional. If you use a previous disk format version, your vSAN cluster continues to run smoothly. For best results, upgrade the objects to use the latest on-disk format. The latest on-disk format provides the complete feature set of vSAN. For more information, see About the Virtual SAN Disk Format.

Procedure

1 Upgrading vSAN Disk Format Using vSphere Client.

2 Update the vSAN HCL DB. For instructions, see KB 54945.

Upgrading VMware Integrated OpenStack

Upgrading VMware Integrated OpenStack from 6.0 to 7.0 version involves the deployment of a new VMware Integrated OpenStack appliance and the migration of the data from 6.0 to 7.0.

Prerequisites

n Ensure that your current deployment is running VMware Integrated OpenStack 6.0.

Procedure

u Upgrade VMware Integrated OpenStack 6.x to 7.0.

Upgrading vRealize Products

Upgrading vRealize products involves upgrading vRealize Log Insight, vRealize Operations Manager, vRealize Orchestrator, and vRealize Network Insight.

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Procedure

1 Upgrade vRealize Log Insight from 4.8 to 8.1.1. For more information, see Upgrading to vRealize Log Insight 8.1.

You must upgrade agents in the required VMs to capture data appropriately.

2 Upgrade vRealize Operations Manager 7.5 to 8.1.1 as follows:

a Follow the prerequisites to upgrade vRealize Operations Manager.

b Upgrade vRealize Operations Manager. For more information, see vRealize Operations Manager Software Updates.

Important n Upgrading the VMware Integrated OpenStack management pack to 6.0 version is not

supported. Instead, remove the old version of the management pack and then install the new version.

n If the upgrade hangs on step 4 of 9 in the UI, follow the instructions in the KB article 76339.

3 Upgrade vRealize Orchestrator from 7.6 to 8.1.0. For more information, see Migrating External vRealize Orchestrator 8.1.

Starting with vRealize Orchestrator 8.1,

n To move a vRealize Orchestrator instance to the latest version, you can only migrate it. You can no longer upgrade the vRealize Orchestrator instances.

n Migration is supported only for vRealize Orchestrator 7.x instances that are authenticated with vSphere.

n MSSQL database is no longer supported. You must migrate the MSSQL database to the embedded Postgres database.

a Migration of clustered vRealize Orchestrator 7.x deployments to vRealize Orchestrator 8.1 is not supported. You can migrate the primary node of your clustered deployment by stopping the services of the replica nodes before you run the migration script. Stop the services at the vRealize Orchestrator 7.6 replica node.

#service vco-server stop

#service vco-configurator stop

b Deploy a single vRealize Orchestrator 8.1.0 node and perform the migration activities. See Migrating a Standalone vRealize Orchestrator 7.x to an External vRealize Orchestrator 8.1.

c Deploy the remaining vRealize Orchestrator 8.1 nodes and join to the primary node to configure clustering.

4 Upgrade vRealize Network Insight from 4.2 to 5.3.

If you are unable to log in to vRealize Network Insight due to the Chrome browser issue, follow the instructions in the KB 60368 article.

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Post-Upgrade Checklist

After upgrading vCloud NFV OpenStack Edition to Telco Cloud Infrastructure OpenStack Edition, verify that all the components are working as expected.

Category Component Verify

Infrastructure Network n Both physical switches are reachable from ESXi servers.

n All VLAN communication is working properly.

Compute n In a browser window, open https://esxi_host.

n Upgrade Enhanced Network Stack (ENS) VIBs, if applicable, based on your hardware vendor.

Storage n vSAN is accessible and is in a healthy state.

NFVI and VIM Management and Resource vCenter Server

n Management and Resource vCenter Servers are accessible.

n All cluster properties are correct.

n All vSphere Distributed Switches are working properly.

VMware Integrated OpenStack n VMware Integrated OpenStack is accessible.

n VMware Integrated OpenStack is successfully upgraded, registered with vCenter Server, and configured to work with NSX-T Data Center.

Site Recovery Manager n Site Recovery Manager is successfully upgraded on the protected (the Management Pod) and recovery sites, and the sites are paired.

n The protected and recovery sites are connected, and the pair appears on the home page of the Site Recovery Manager.

n Site Recovery Managers from both the protected and recovery sites are accessible.

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Category Component Verify

vSphere Replication n The vSphere Replication appliance is successfully upgraded on the protected (Management Pod) and recovery sites, and the sites are paired.

n vSphere Replication servers are registered with respective vCenter Server for both the protected and recovery sites.

NSX-T Data Center n NSX-T Manager and its components must be up and running, and their connection status must be in green color.

Operations Management vRealize Log Insight n vRealize Log Insight is accessible. The syslog data is actively received and stored.

n All configured content pack components are accessible.

vRealize Operations Manager n vRealize Operations Manager is accessible.

n All configured management components are accessible.

vRealize Network Insight n vRealize Network Insight is accessible. The network data is actively collected and stored.

vRealize Orchestrator n vRealize Orchestrator is accessible.

Delete Snapshots All Management Components n Delete the snapshots that you took before the upgrade.

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