Before upgrading the appliance

Before you upgrade the Deep Security Virtual Appliance, complete the tasks below.

Review system requirements and supported NSX versions

• Review this table to see which NSX licenses and versions are supported.
• Review these system requirements.

Upgrade from NSX-T 2.5.x to NSX-T 3.x

Support for NSX-T 2.5.x is ending soon, so you must upgrade to NSX-T 3.x as soon as possible.

NSX-T 3.x's networking functionality is supported by Deep Security, which means you'll have access to more Deep Security features than you did with NSX-T 2.5.x. See this table for details.

To upgrade NSX-T, proceed in this order:

1. Upgrade NSX-T 2.5.x to 3.x. See your VMware documentation for details.
2. Upgrade Deep Security Manager to 12 FR 2020-06-17 or later. See Upgrade Deep Security Manager for details.
3. Remove vCenter and re-add it to register the updated services.
4. Deploy Deep Security Virtual Appliance 12 FR 2020-06-17 or later into NSX-T 3.x. See Deploy the appliance (NSX-T 3.x) for details.

After completing these tasks, you have upgraded your system.

Next steps

You are now ready to upgrade the appliance. Go to Upgrade the appliance.