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Table 1‑3. Upgrade to vRealize Automation Distributed Installation Checklist (Continued)
Task Instructions
Download and install updates for IaaS.
See Chapter 4, “Upgrading the IaaS Server Components,”
on page 23.
Enable your load balancers.
Chapter 6, “Enable Your Load Balancers,” on page 31
Prerequisites for Upgrading vRealize Automation
Before you run the upgrade, review the following prerequisites.
System Configuration Requirements
Make sure the following system requirements are met before you begin an upgrade.
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Verify that you are following a supported upgrade path. See Chapter 1, “Upgrading vRealize
Automation,” on page 7 for a list of supported upgrade paths.
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Verify that all appliances and servers that are part of your deployment meet the system requirements
for the version you are upgrading to. See the vRealize Automation Support Matrix
athps://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vcac-pubs.html.
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Consult the VMware Product Interoperability Matrix on the VMware Web site for information about
compatibility with other VMware products.
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Verify that the vRealize Automation you are upgrading from is in stable working condition. Correct any
problems before upgrading.
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If you are upgrading from vRealize Automation 6.2.x, record your vCloud Suite license key if you used
it for the vRealize Automation installation you are upgrading from. Upon upgrade, existing license
keys are removed from the database. You do not need to do this task if you are upgrading from
vRealize Automation 7.x.
Hardware Configuration Requirements
Make sure the following hardware requirements are met before you begin an upgrade.
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You must have at least 18 GB of RAM space before you run the upgrade.
If the virtual machine is on vCloud Networking and Security, you might need to allocate more RAM
space.
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Your CPU must have four virtual sockets and one core. See “Increase vCenter Server Hardware
Resources for Upgrade,” on page 13.
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Your primary IaaS Web site, Microsoft SQL database, and Model Manager node must have the
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2 version and at least 5 GB of free disk space.
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Your primary IaaS Web site, Microsoft SQL database, and Model Manager node must have Java 8,
update 91, 64 bit, jdk-8u91-windows-x64.exe, installed. After you install Java, you must set the
environment variable, JAVA_HOME, to the new version on each server node.
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You must have at least 5.3 GB of free disk space on the root partition of each vRealize Automation
appliance to download and run the upgrade.
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Check the /storage/log subfolder and remove any older archived ZIP les to clean up space.
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