Vmware, Inc.

Swapneel Dattaram Ambre

Sudipto Mukhopadhyay

Mao Ye

Naveen Kumar Kalaskar

Naveen Chandra Gorijala

Benjamin Davini

Akshay Mirajkar

Examples are disclosed for upgrading services of a software-based service according to a predefined sequence to account for dependencies between services. An upgrade package that includes a manifest defining an order for upgrading services of the software-based system is retrieved. Each service is upgraded according to the sequence and a status log is modified following each upgrade to include a unified status summary associated with all services being upgraded.

System for software service upgrade

In a method for managing an upgrade of a virtualization infrastructure component, a plurality of metadata manifests corresponding to a plurality of software upgrade bundles is received, a software upgrade bundle for upgrading a virtualization infrastructure component from a source version to a target version, a metadata manifest comprising a listing of applications comprised within a corresponding software upgrade bundle and installation instructions for the applications comprised within the corresponding software upgrade bundle for upgrading the virtualization infrastructure component from a particular source version to a particular target version. A directed acyclic graph of available upgrade paths for the virtualization infrastructure component is populated based on the plurality of metadata manifests, wherein nodes identify the source versions and the target versions and edges identify the software upgrade bundle for upgrading the virtualization infrastructure component from the particular source version to the particular target version identified by the corresponding software upgrade bundle.

Managing an upgrade of a virtualization infrastructure component

Examples described herein include systems and methods for efficiently and effectively applying upgrade bundles to an SDDC. The upgrade bundles can update various software components of the SDDC. A version-compliance configuration matrix provides version-compliance information across various software components to ensure that all components function properly after upgrading. Each upgrade bundle can include metadata that provides information sufficient to utilize the configuration matrix. A super bundle can include multiple upgrade bundles, as well as instructions for applying the multiple upgrade bundles in a particular order to avoid compatibility issues. The super bundle can be used to upgrade multiple software components of an SDDC without disrupting the functionality of the SDDC.

Super bundles for software-defined datacenter upgrades

In a computer-implemented method for allocating a host of a pre-configured hyper-converged computing device to a workload domain, a pre-configured hyper-converged computing device including a plurality of hosts is managed, wherein the plurality of hosts is allocable to workload domains. A pool of unallocated hosts of the plurality of hosts is managed within the pre-configured hyper-converged computing device, wherein hosts of the pool of unallocated hosts have associated hypervisor versions. An allocation request to allocate at least one host of the pool of unallocated hosts to a workload domain is received, the allocation request including a requested hypervisor version of at least one host upon allocation. The at least one host is updated to the requested hypervisor version of the allocation request while the at least one host is in the pool of unallocated hosts.

Allocating a host of a pre-configured hyper-converged computing device to a workload domain

Examples for upgrading third-party services for a virtualized computing environment are discussed. A request is obtained to upgrade services associated with the virtualized computing environment. An upgrade bundle is obtained that includes a manifest defining an order for upgrading the third-party services. In the order defined in the manifest, each third-party upgrade is executed and a status log is modified to indicate the completion of the upgrade.

Service upgrade integration for virtualized computing environments

Methods and apparatus for version aliasing mechanisms and cumulative upgrades for software lifecycle management are disclosed. An example method includes cumulating, by executing an instruction with a processor, a plurality of software updates identified in a first manifest file with a plurality of software updates identified in a second manifest file, the second manifest file corresponding to a version older than a version corresponding to the first manifest file; and flagging the cumulative manifest files as cumulative, the cumulative manifest file containing a plurality of software updates that update the old version to the new version.

Methods and apparatus for version aliasing mechanisms and cumulative upgrades for software lifecycle management

Examples described herein include systems and methods for efficiently and effectively managing upgrades to an SDDC. More specifically, examples described herein relate to allowing various upgrade paths that can upgrade an SDDC directly to a desired version, without the need for intermediate upgrades. The upgrades can be selected by a user through a graphical user interface ('GUI') described herein. The examples further describe a version-compliance configuration matrix that identifies various acceptable combinations of software components and versions. The examples also describe a process for providing a customized upgrade package suited to a particular customer or user. Additional examples describe a mechanism for retracting and correcting bad patches or upgrades after they have been released.

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Milpitas, CA, United States of America

Swapneel Dattaram Ambre