Don't delay your upgrade to VMware Cloud Director 10.4!

If you have missed our update regarding the VMware Cloud Director 10.4 GA on the 14th of July, then please do look at the release blog.

Now that VMware Cloud Director 10.4 is out in the market for over a month with amazing new features, enhancements, stability and robustness, what are you waiting for? Upgrade your environment to the latest VCD version today!

Why upgrade, what is in VMware Cloud Director 10.4?

To give an overview, these are the key features delivered with this release that you should not miss and take advantage of:

Platform Services & Operations improvements

Enhanced visibility into catalog synchronization steps and progress
Fast cross-VC catalog instantiation with shared storage
Service account API tokens
Consolidated VM console on VCD API URL
High-priority automated test suites run on CDS
Support for all VCD workflows through a proxy between VCD and vSphere (including for automated tests)
Multi-tenancy service account enhancements
CSE / Container enhancements
Extensibility enhancements
Terraform & vRA enhancements

Networking improvements

Static Routes
New NSX Advanced Load Balancer Basic Features
New NSX Advanced Load Balancer licensing model
Mitigation for NSX-T vApp fencing limitations (API)

Storage improvements

Better IOPS reporting
SDRS enhancements to save VM placement time and utilize proper storage space

Compliance updates

STIG Readiness Guide
Photon OS 3.0

Upgrade to VMware Cloud Director 10.4

Those still running older versions of VMware Cloud Director prior to v10.2 have reached the End of general support as per the product lifecycle guide
For those who are running VMware Cloud Director version 10.2, this version will reach the End of general support as of October 2022
Those running on VMware Cloud Director v10.3.x may miss on many newer and enhanced features which can make their day 2 job easier.

Upgrade Path for VMware Cloud Director 10.4 Appliance:

Upgrade Path for Linux-Based VMware Cloud Director 10.4 with external Postgres Upgrade

You can also check the Upgrade Path here.

Upgrade Best Practices:

Check the Interoperability guide for software compatibility
Check the 3rd Party solutions interoperability
Check the system requirements and installation
Check the VMware Cloud director extensibility interoperability (Hyper Plugin, CSE, NSX Migration, VRO Plugin, ALP, OSE, vROPs adapters, etc)
Check the hardware support
Backup the appliance before the upgrade
Backup the VCD database before the upgrade
Take a snapshot of the VCD appliance before the upgrade