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Upgrade the plug-in

You can upgrade the NetApp Element Plug-in for vCenter Server by following the steps described for your installation. NetApp Element vCenter plug-in 5.2 is available outside of Element and NetApp HCI releases as part of a management services bundle.

Note

Beginning with Element Plug-in for vCenter 5.0, only VMware vSphere 8.0 and 7.0 are supported. When you upgrade from Element Plug-in for vCenter 4.x to 5.x, the clusters already configured with the plug-in are lost because the data cannot be copied from a vCenter instance to a remote plug-in. You must re-add the clusters to the remote plug-in. This is a one-time activity when upgrading from a local to a remote plug-in.

Steps

To upgrade the plug-in, follow the instructions in the upgrade documentation for your product:

• Upgrade your NetApp HCI system

• Upgrade your SolidFire all-flash storage system

Find more information

• vCenter Plug-in 5.2 Release Notes

• Hybrid Cloud Control and Management Services Release Notes

• NetApp HCI Documentation

• NetApp HCI Resources page

• SolidFire and Element Resources page