Chapter 3. Upgrading from Red Hat Hyperconverged Infrastructure for Virtualization 1.5 and 1.6

3.1. Upgrade workflow

To upgrade to Red Hat Hyperconverged Infrastructure for Virtualization 1.8, the primary requirement is to upgrade to Red Hat Hyperconverged Infrastructure for Virtualization 1.7 with the latest version of Red Hat Virtualization 4.3. The upgrade process for RHHI for Virtualization versions 1.5, 1.6, and 1.7 to RHHI for Virtualization 1.8 is as follows:

RHHI for Virtualization 1.5 (based on RHV 4.2)
Perform the upgrade from 1.5 to 1.7 and then upgrade to RHHI for Virtualization 1.8.
RHHI for Virtualization 1.6 (based on RHV 4.3)
Perform the upgrade from 1.6 to 1.7 and then upgrade to RHHI for Virtualization 1.8.
RHHI for Virtualization 1.7 (based on RHV 4.3.8 or later)
Update the current set-up to latest Red Hat Virtualization 4.3, then upgrade to RHHI for Virtualization 1.8.

3.2. Upgrading to Red Hat Hyperconverged Infrastructure for Virtualization 1.7

Follow Upgrading to RHHI for Virtualization 1.7 guide to upgrade from RHHI for Virtualization 1.5, 1.6 to 1.7 and to upgrade RHHI for Virtualization 1.7 to the latest Red Hat Virtualization 4.3.z version.