In this Part-2 recording I will cover the VMware Aria Automation Upgrade from 8.16 to 8.18 Using VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager aka vRLCM.

My Lab Environment:
VMware Aria Automation 8.16 – Single node instance
VMware Workspace One Access 3.3.7 (vIDM) -Single node instance
VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.18

Prerequisites: follow the VMware Aria Suites products upgrade sequences. in my case I have already upgraded the vRLCM 8.16 to 8.18 and vIDM 3.3.6 to 3.3.7 before starting the Aria Automation Upgrade.

I strongly recommend to read through the VMware Aria automation 8.18 release notes and Product Support Pack Release notes, make sure system requirements are met.

Before starting the upgrade check the VMware products interoperability and upgrade path using https://interopmatrix.broadcom.com/ portal.
Refer the VMware Aria Automation documentation for more information.

Lets take look at the vRA upgrade recording.