6.2
Table Of Contents
- System Administration
- Contents
- System Administration
- Updated Information
- Configuring vRealize Automation
- Configuring System Settings
- Configuring IaaS
- The Customer Experience Improvement Program
- Configure the vRealize Automation Appliance Database
- Perform an Appliance Database Failover
- Validate Appliance Database Replication
- Bulk Import, Update, or Migrate Virtual Machines
- Managing vRealize Automation
- Managing Tenants
- Brand Tenant Login Pages
- Install a Hotfix
- Updating vRealize Automation Certificates
- Extracting Certificates and Private Keys
- Update vRealize Automation Certificates when all are Expired
- Updating the Identity Appliance Certificate
- Updating the vRealize Appliance Certificate
- Updating the IaaS Certificate
- Replace the Identity Appliance Management Site Certificate
- Updating the vRealize Appliance Management Site Certificate
- Replace a Management Agent Certificate
- Resolve Certificate Revocation Errors
- View License Usage
- Monitoring Logs and Services
- Starting Up and Shutting Down vRealize Automation
- Customize Data Rollover Settings
- Remove an Identity Appliance from a Domain
- Backup and Recovery for vRealize Automation Installations
- Backing Up vRealize Automation
- Activate the Failover IaaS Server
- vRealize Automation System Recovery
Option Value
[-W] Prompt for the password of the user performing the replication.
[-U] The user performing the replication. Generally this user is replicate.
For example:
# su - postgres
/opt/vmware/vpostgres/current/share/run_as_replica -h app1.domain.local -b -W -U replicate
3 Enter the replicate user password when prompted.
4 Type "yes" after verifying the thumb print of the primary machine when prompted.
5 Enter the postgres user password when prompted.
6 Type "yes" in response to the following message.
"Type yes to enable WAL archiving on primary."
7 Type "yes" in response to the following message.
"WARNING: the base backup operation will replace the current contents of the data directory. Please
confirm by typing yes."
What to do next
Validate that the replication was successful. See Chapter 4 Validate Appliance Database Replication.
Test Appliance Database Failover
Test failover functionality from the primary appliance database machine to the secondary machine.
For this test, the appliance database is failed over, and the replica database on the secondary appliance
becomes the master database.
Prerequisites
The appliance database is installed and configured on primary and secondary vRealize Appliances as
described in vRealize Automation Installation and Configuration.
Procedure
1 Log in to your primary, or master, appliance as root using SSH.
2 Stop the vpostgres service using the service vpostgres stop command.
A message similar to the following appears.
# service vpostgres stop
Stopping VMware vPostgres: Last login: Mon Apr 27 19:49:26 UTC 2015 on pts/0
ok
3 Log in to the secondary appliance as root using SSH.
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