In this guide i will go over the steps of getting an existing 8.x vRSLCM appliance upgraded to the latest 8.8 release. The release notes can be found here

The first step is to lo in to vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager under the Lifecycle Operations section

The image shows a menu with services for lifecycle operations, locker, identity and tenant management, content management, marketplace, and vRealize Cloud.

Go to settings -> System Upgrade

Settings page showing options like System Details, Logs, Patches, Upgrade, Proxy, Cert, Auth Provider.

Click on Check for Upgrade

System upgrade page shows successful vRSLCM upgrade, recommends snapshot before upgrade, and offers to check for upgrade online.

We can see that the check found a new version available for 8.8

System Upgrade page shows available update to 8.8.0.6.

Click on Upgrade

Upgrade screen for vRSLCM 8.8; options: Check Online, URL, CD-ROM.

Verify that a snapshot or backup exists in case the process fails. Check the check mark for I took a snapshot of the vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager before I performed this operation. Click Next

Upgrade prerequisite: Ensure vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager snapshot taken. Click Next.

Click on Run Precheck

System Upgrade PreCheck step. Click RUN PRECHECK to validate data.

Verify that all check have passed and click on upgrade

PreCheck step confirms all validations passed; click “Upgrade” to proceed.

This will fire up the upgrade process and start upgrading packages. The system will automatically reboot on 8.8 once completed. We can check the version by going to Settings -> System Details

System details show VMware vRSLCM version 8.8.0.6.

If you get the below error clear the browser cache and try again

Unexpected error: Check server connectivity and retry.