7.2

Hardware Configuration Requirements
Verify that the following prerequisites are nished before you begin an upgrade.
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You must have at least 18 GB RAM, 4 CPUs, Disk1 = 50 GB, Disk3=25 GB, and Disk4=50 GB before you
run the upgrade.
If the virtual machine is on vCloud Networking and Security, you might need to allocate more RAM
space.
Although general support for VMware vCloud
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Networking and Security ™ 5.5.x (vCNS) ended in
September 2016, the VCNS custom properties continue to be valid for VMware NSX ™ purposes. See
the VMware Knowledge Base article End of Availability and End of General Support for VMware vCloud
Networking and Security 5.5.x (2144733) at hp://kb.vmware.com/kb/2144733 for more information.
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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 SE
Runtime Environment 8, 64bits, update 91 or higher 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.
General Prerequisites
Verify that the following prerequisites are nished before you begin an upgrade.
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You have access to all databases and all load balancers impacted by or participating in the
vRealize Automation upgrade.
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You make the system unavailable to users while you perform the upgrade.
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You disable any applications that query vRealize Automation.
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Verify that Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) is enabled on all
vRealize Automation and associated SQL servers. For instructions, see the VMware Knowledge Base
article Various tasks fail after upgrading or migrating to VMware vCloud Automation Center (vCAC) 6.1.x
(2089503) at hp://kb.vmware.com/kb/2089503.
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If you are upgrading a distributed environment congured with an embedded PostgreSQL database,
examine the les in the pgdata directory on the master host before you upgrade the replica hosts.
Navigate to the PostgreSQL data folder on the master host at /var/vmware/vpostgres/current/pgdata/.
Close any opened les in the pgdata directory and remove any les with a .swp sux.
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If you installed a Common Components Catalog component, you must uninstall it before you upgrade.
For information about how to uninstall, install, and upgrade Common Components Catalog
components, see the Common Components Catalog Installation Guide.
Checklist for Upgrading vRealize Automation 7.1
When you perform an upgrade, you update all vRealize Automation components in a specic order.
The order of upgrade varies depending on whether you are upgrading a minimal environment or a
distributed environment with multiple vRealize Automation appliances.
Upgrading from vRealize Automation 7.1 to 7.2
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