I wanted to test the NSX Advanced Load Balancer Self-service WAF which came with Cloud Director 10.5.1. My lab was running 10.5.0 so I needed to upgrade. First step was to download VMware_Cloud_Director_10.5.1.10593-22821417_update.tar.gz from VMware and copy it to /cplcmrepo/vcd/10.5.1/update on the Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager appliance. Then I chose Manage and Upgrade on my deployment, and selected 10.5.1 as the version to upgrade to.

The Upgrade Task kicked off and I could follow the process in the user interface until it was done.

After the upgrade was successfully completed, I could log in to Cloud Director and manage WAF on my virtual services.

Upgrading my Cloud Director cluster using Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager worked very well and I am sure it is a lot easier and faster than doing it manually. The new WAF self-service feature also looks good and I am sure my customers will be happy for it.