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VCF upgrade guidance for any hardware, plus HCI add-ons.

The flow

Upgrade planning docs

General VCF upgrade guidance, independent of underlying hardware.

SRM / vSphere Replication convergence to VCF Protection and Recovery, before the core upgrade.

VIDM / Workspace ONE Access to VCF Identity Broker, after the core upgrade.

Known issues and gotchas from real VCF 5.2 to 9.x upgrades, grouped by phase.

Aria Operations to VCF Operations: in-place upgrade vs. fresh install, re-IP, HA setup, and vCenter integrations.

Move a vCenter off Integrated Windows Authentication to AD-over-LDAPS before Phase 6, with a permissions/roles backup.

Manual GUI upgrade of a standalone vCenter (no Fleet Management), plus the vCenter-specific back-in-time compatibility check.

Dell VxRail-specific extra steps layered on top of the general upgrade flow.