About ten days ago, the latest version of Prism Central was released: pc.2024.2.

While trying to update my Prism Central this weekend, I noticed that this version is not offered via the LCM…

But that’s not what’s going to stop me…

If you haven’t installed Prism Central, I invite you to read my other dedicated article: Deploy Prism Central on Nutanix CE 2.1

Retrieving the update package

To retrieve the pc.2024.2 version of Prism Central, you need to connect to the Nutanix portal, in the “Prism Central” section of the “Downloads” menu: https://portal.nutanix.com/page/downloads?product=prism

Then, in the list of files, look for the “Prism Central LCM Bundle” file:

Wait for the download, which may take a while (nearly 10Gb to retrieve!).

Update file transfer

Once the update file has been retrieved, it must now be transferred to the cluster. To do this, connect to your Prism Central interface and go to the “LCM” menu of the Admin Center. Open the “Direct Upload” menu:

Then click on “+ Upload Bundle” and go select the file you just downloaded:

Wait while the download is complete. Once the operation is complete, the update package should appear in the list:

Prism Central Update

To install the newly transferred update, if you have followed the previous steps correctly you should find it in the “Udaptes” menu:

Check the update, click on “View Upgrade Plan”:

Check the proposed update plan and click on “Apply 1 Updates”:

The update process is launched, you just have to wait a few dozen minutes for the update to be complete:

Installing the update on your cluster will have no impact on your production environment, however you will not be able to access Prism Central for the duration of the update. You can follow the progress of the operations from the Prism Central VM console:

After about thirty minutes, the update installation should be complete and your Prism Central updated to pc.2024.2:

Allow another fifteen minutes before it is fully operational.