In this post i will go over upgrading my 3.3.5 vIDM appliance to 3.3.6 using vRSLCM (vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager). If you want to upgrade to LCM 8.6 instructions can be found here. The upgrade already includes the latest Product Support Pack so an update to the Product Support Pack is not required.

To get started we can go to vRealize Lifecycle Manager -> Lifecycle Operations -> Settings -> Binary Mapping. (If you haven’t added your My VMware credentials you will need to do that first by going to vRealize Lifecycle Manager -> Lifecycle Operations -> Settings -> My VMware)

Settings page with options for System Administration and Servers & Accounts, including Binary Mapping.

Click on Add Binaries under Product Binaries

Binary Mapping page shows options to add and delete unsupported binaries.

Select My VMware and click on Discover

Select “My VMware” and click “Discover” for product binary location.

We can see a list of binaries that have been discovered. Make sure we select the upgrade package not the install package. We can select what we need and click on Add

In the “Add Product Binary” wizard, select the VMware Identity Manager 3.3.5 upgrade package and click Add.

This will create a request and start downloading the package. To view the progress we can click on the Click Here hyperlink

Binary mapping request submitted; check status via hyperlink.

Click on the in Progress button to view the details

Upgrading vIDM to 3.3.6 in progress.

We now have to wait for the download to complete

Downloading VMware Identity Manager update in progress.

After the download is complete we can go to Environments -> View Details on the environment that includes vIDM

The image shows the Environments section in vRSLCM with a completed environment labeled “globalenvironment” under the Default-DC datacenter.

Click on Upgrade

The image shows the VMware Identity Manager upgrade page in vRSLCM, with options to upgrade and change admin password.

An Inventory sync is required when performing vIDM upgrades. We trigger the sync from the UI and click on Proceed once completed to continue

Upgrade wizard step: Inventory sync completed; click Proceed to continue.

Select product Version 3.3.6 and click Next. We can also review the compatibility matrix to make sure the environment is compatible.

Upgrading vIDM to 3.3.6 via vRSLCM wizard shows selected version 3.3.6 and repository URL.

A new feature that was added was the capability to automatically create a snapshot prior to the upgrade and remove it after the upgrade. On this screen we also have the ability to chose if we want to keep the snapshots post upgrade for validation testing for example. Click next

Upgrade wizard step showing snapshot options for vRA VA.

Run the Precheck to make sure there are no errors or issues.

Precheck step for vIDM upgrade shows “RUN PRECHECK” button for data validation.

There`s a list of Manual Validations. Once verified click on I took care of the manual steps above and am ready to proceed check box and click on Run Precheck

Manual validations for vIDM upgrade via vRSLCM. Check box and Run Precheck.

Once the check is complete we can review the checks that were performed and we can continue by clicking Next.

The precheck step confirms all validations passed for VMware Identity Manager upgrade.

Review the upgrade details and click on Next. We are taken to the progress screen where we can follow the progress.

Progress screen shows upgrade steps, validating SSH credentials of vIDM nodes.

The system will get rebooted and once its back up we will be on 3.3.6

Since we are doing a major upgrade i strongly recommend to clean the cache before using the new vIDM version.