Fleet Management

The 13 steps I used to patch the VCF fleet and management domain, from Fleet Lifecycle to the two Supervisor upgrades.

VCF 9.1.1 Patch Upgrade Order: Fleet Lifecycle to Supervisor

My fleet was on 9.1.1.0, but the management domain was still on 9.1.0. I patched NSX in two passes, took the Supervisor through two minor versions, and recorded what actually ran together.

VCF Management Upgrade page showing the 9.1.1 target and Fleet Lifecycle upgrade path.

Upgrading VCF Management Components to 9.1.1 All in One

With VCF 9.1.1 released on September 3, 2026, I wanted to bring the management-service upgrades together in one place. I already wrote a separate walkthrough for each component, but following a collection of individual posts is not how I want to plan a maintenance window. This post is the all-in-one runbook I would use for a VCF 9.1.0.x fleet, including the VCD Migrator that was missing from my earlier set of guides. ...