How to upgrade VMware vRealize Network Insight from 5.0 to 6.1
What is new in vRNI 6.1
Network Assurance and Verification
Intent Based Analytics Support for Link Metering for VMware SD-WAN
Intent Based Analytics for Monitoring Edge Uplink Utilization
Layer 7 Service Information from NSX Intelligence
NSX-T Monitoring and Troubleshooting
VMware Cloud on AWS (VMC on AWS)
Physical Device Monitoring and Troubleshooting
Search
Pinboard
Alerts
vRealize Network Insight Platform and some others
Link: https://bit.ly/37QV5Lp
Upgrade sequence:
Upgrade from 5.0 to 5.2 and then to 5.3
Upgrade 5.3 to to 6.0 and then to 6.1
Please check the Upgrade Path in Product Interoperability Matrix - https://bit.ly/2MvAZyX
Upgrade Prerequisites:
The vRealize Network Insight 5.1 will replace the PostgreSQL to Foundation DB.
Make sure to backup the vRNI Platform cluster during a maintenance window -https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/55829
Verify disk space requirements for platform and collector server - https://bit.ly/3kvqZSU
Size of Database according to Setup Size
Small - Data Size: 20GB to 40GB - Node Count: 1 - Typical Migration Time: 1 to 2 hours
Medium - Data Size: 60GB to 100GB - Node Count: 3 nodes - Typical Migration Time: 7 to 10 hours
Large One cloud setups: Data Size: 500GB - Node Count: 10 nodes cluster - Typical Migration Time: 15 to 20 hours
XL (Megatron): Data Size: 1 TB - Node Count: 10 node cluster - Typical Migration Time: 35 to 40 hours
There are 3 diifferent modes for the upgrade below:
Online - https://bit.ly/3uyFjyN
Single-Click Offline Upgrade - https://bit.ly/3dUUL2m
CLI Upgrade - https://bit.ly/3r3PrgD
References:
Product Interoperability Matrix-https://interopmatrix.vmware.com/#/Upgrade?productId=285
vRealize Network Insight 6.1 Release Notes-https://bit.ly/37Ucgfi
What's New in vRealize Network Insight 6.1- https://bit.ly/3r2QrSi
Best practices to backup a vRealize Network Insight Cluster-https://bit.ly/3r6iTTs
Download vRNI - https://bit.ly/3svMrKr
vRNI 6.1 upgrade guide - https://bit.ly/3c0WRez
vRNI 6.1 System Recommendations and Requirements: https://bit.ly/3sFEdzz
