Upgrading the management extender plug-in

Using the VMware Upgrade vCenter Plugin Task, you can upgrade the VMware vCenter plug-in component of the management extender for VMware vCenter.

Before you begin

Important: You cannot use this Task to upgrade the management extender proxy agent. You must upgrade the proxy agent with a separate Fixlet. In the BES Support site, run the latest version of the Update Windows Proxy Agent" Fixlet to upgrade the proxy agent.
The VMware Upgrade vCenter Plugin Task checks if the process vCenter plugin.exe is running and waits for this process to finish before it takes action.

Procedure

  1. Open the Server Automation domain.
  2. From the navigation tree in the Server Automation domain, click Virtualization > Setup and Maintenance > Upgrade VMware Components.
  3. From the Upgrade VMware Components list, select VMware Upgrade vCenter Plugin.
  4. In the VMware Upgrade vCenter Plugin window, click Take Action.
  5. In the Take Action dialog box, ensure Specific computers selected in the list below is selected and from the list of Computer Names, select the computer name which is configured with the management extender and click OK.

Results

When the management extender plug-in is upgraded, the Status changes to Completed in the Action: VMware Upgrade vCenter Plugin window.