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HYCU Upgrade Path Wizard

Published: 25 September 2025
Written by Julien D.
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Categories: HYCU EN
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In the complete guide to HYCU that I published earlier this year, I mentioned the need to follow the upgrade paths to update your controller.

The problem? To find out this upgrade path, you had to read every release note, from the version directly above your controller’s, up to the latest version.

If your controller is lagging behind in its upgrade path, this can be a long and tedious process.

A problem? A solution

To overcome this recurring problem, I decided to develop a time-saving tool: HYCU Upgrade Path Wizard!

Those who know me a little know that I’m hopeless at development, so I enlisted the help of AI to develop this tool! I gave it my idea, it developed it in record time, and I took care of adding what was missing and creating the design just the way I wanted it.

Please feel free to give me your feedback and/or suggestions for improvement!

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Prism Central: Update to 2024.2 with Direct Upload

Published: 30 September 2024
Written by Julien D.
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Categories: Nutanix AHV EN, Nutanix EN
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About ten days ago, the latest version of Prism Central was released: pc.2024.2.

Prism Central pc.2024.2 release notes

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

LCM inventory running on Prism Central

Prism Central component versions in 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:

Prism Central LCM Bundle file on the Nutanix portal

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:

LCM Direct Uploads menu in the Admin Center

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

LCM Upload Bundle button

LCM bundle upload in progress

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

pc.2024.2 bundle uploaded to LCM

Prism Central Update

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

pc.2024.2 update available in LCM Updates

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

View Upgrade Plan button with the PC update selected

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

Upgrade plan and Apply 1 Updates button

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

Prism Central update in progress in LCM

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:

Prism Central VM console during the update

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

Prism Central running pc.2024.2

Allow another fifteen minutes before it is fully operational.

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