ZeroLock® Agent Upgrade Using Image-Based ESXi Hosts in a vSphere Cluster

How to upgrade a ZeroLock Agent from version 3.5.4 to 3.5.6 using image-based ESXi hosts in vSphere Cluster.

A prerequisite to this process is that the ESXi hosts must be connected to vSphere. If an upgrade is to be carried out on multiple hosts, it must be in a vSphere Cluster. Additionally, Endpoints should be version 3.5.4, healthy, and connected to a ZeroLock Management Console (ZMC).

  1. Log in to the vSphere client, select Lifecycle Manager, then select Import Updates from the ACTIONS dropdown menu.Step1_Lifecycle_Actions_Import Updates_Trimmed
  2. Browse to the location of the new ZeroLock Agent (ZA) version component zip file and click IMPORT.
    Step 2 Import Update_2
  3. Once imported, the latest ZeroLock component will be visible under Image Depot | COMPONENTS.Step3_Image Depot 3.5.6 Component_Trimmed
  4. Return to INVENTORY | vSphere cluster (in this example ‘testcluster’) | Updates and click EDIT.Step4_Test Cluster Inventory Updates
  5. In the Edit Image section, select Components then Show Details. Below Hide Details select ADD COMPONENTS.Step5_Edit Image Component Details
  6.  On the ADD COMPONENTS page, check the ZeroLock Runtime Security checkbox. Click the now active SELECT button.Step6_Add Components ZeroLock Runtime Security
  7. The new ZeroLock Runtime Security component is now listed. Click SAVE.Step7_ZeroLock Runtime added
  8. Before upgrading, click RUN PRE-CHECK on the vSphere hosts.Step8_Run Pre-Check
  9. Once PRE-CHECK is completed without any errors, click START REMEDIATION.Step9_Precheck
    Step9_Review Remediation Impact
  10. Remediation progress can be found under Recent Tasks or by clicking 'See more' under Remediating hosts.Step10_Remediation Status_Trimmed

    Remediating Host – See more:Step10_Remediating Hosts See More_test

  11. Once the remediation is successful, log in to the ZMC and check the status of the endpoints, which shows the upgrade to the latest agent version.Step11_Remediation Successful
    Step11_ZMC Endpoints

This completes the upgrade of a ZeroLock Agent from version 3.5.4 to 3.5.6 using imaged-based ESXi hosts in vSphere Cluster.