Upgrading vRealize Log Insight Manager 4.6.0 to 4.7.1

A requirement arose to patch my vRealise Log Insight manager 4.6.0 to 4 .6 1 based on Advisory ID: VMSA-2018-0028 so as it’s an pretty easy task I have upgraded to 4.7.1 instead.

Advisory ID: VMSA-2018-0028

Severity: Moderate

Synopsis: VMware vRealize Log Insight updates address an authorization bypass vulnerability

Issue date: 2018-11-13

Updated on: 2018-11-13 (Initial Advisory)

CVE number: CVE-2018-6980

VMware guide here: https://docs.vmware.com/en/vRealize-Log-Insight/4.7/com.vmware.log-insight.administration.doc/GUID-A6CAC5D7-7BE0-4F62-8A03-80F6C3327E8A.html

https://docs.vmware.com/en/vRealize-Log-Insight/4.7/com.vmware.log-insight.administration.doc/GUID-A6CAC5D7-7BE0-4F62-8A03-80F6C3327E8A.html

Prerequisites

Verify that you are applying the 4.7 upgrade to version 4.6.x . For more information about supported upgrade paths, see vRealize Log Insight Upgrade Path.
Create a snapshot or backup copy of the vRealize Log Insight virtual appliance.
Obtain a copy of the vRealize Log Insight upgrade bundle .pak file for the release you are upgrading to.
Verify that you are logged in to the vRealize Log Insight web user interface as a user with the Edit Admin permission. The URL format is https://log-insight-host, where log-insight-host is the IP address or host name of the vRealize Log Insight virtual appliance.
Make a note of any nodes you are upgrading that are in maintenance mode. When the upgrade is finished, you must move them from the state Connected to Maintenance mode.

Procedure

Take a snapshot, pre that I had to check I had enough storage on the allocated datastore and I did not therefore I storage vmotioned to another datastore before taking the snapshot.