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Table Of Contents
- Upgrading from vRealize Automation 6.2.5 to 7.4
- Contents
- Upgrading vRealize Automation 6.2.5 to 7.4
- Prerequisites for Upgrading vRealize Automation
- Considerations About Upgrading to This vRealize Automation Version
- Upgrade and Identity Appliance Specifications
- Upgrade and Licensing
- Understanding How Roles Are Upgraded
- Understanding How Blueprints Are Upgraded
- Upgrade and vApp Blueprints, vCloud Endpoints, and vCloud Reservations
- Understanding How Multi-Machine Blueprints Are Upgraded
- Upgrade and Physical Endpoints, Reservations, and Blueprints
- Upgrade and Network Profile Settings
- Upgrade and Entitled Actions
- Upgrade and Custom Properties
- Upgrade and Application Services
- Upgrade and Advanced Service Design
- Upgrade and Blueprint Price Information
- Upgrade and Catalog Items
- Checklist for Upgrading vRealize Automation
- vRealize Automation Environment User Interfaces
- Upgrading VMware Products Integrated with vRealize Automation
- Preparing to Upgrade vRealize Automation
- Updating the vRealize Automation Appliance
- Upgrading the IaaS Server Components After Upgrading vRealize Automation
- Upgrading vRealize Orchestrator After Upgrading vRealize Automation
- Add Users or Groups to an Active Directory Connection
- Enable Your Load Balancers
- Post-Upgrade Tasks for Upgrading vRealize Automation
- Port Configuration for High-Availability Deployments
- Reconfigure Built-In vRealize Orchestrator for High Availability
- Enabling the Connect to Remote Console Action for Consumers
- Restore External Workflow Timeout Files
- Verify That vRealize Orchestrator Service Is Available
- Reconfigure Embedded vRealize Orchestrator Endpoint
- Restore Changes to Logging in the app.config File
- Enable Automatic Manager Service Failover After Upgrade
- Run Test Connection and Verify Upgraded Endpoints
- Troubleshooting the vRealize Automation Upgrade
- Installation or Upgrade Fails with a Load Balancer Timeout Error
- Upgrade Fails for IaaS Website Component
- Manager Service Fails to Run Due to SSL Validation Errors During Runtime
- Log In Fails After Upgrade
- Catalog Items Appear in the Service Catalog After Upgrade But Are Not Available to Request
- PostgreSQL External Database Merge Is Unsuccessful
- Join Cluster Command Appears to Fail After Upgrading a High-Availability Environment
- Upgrade Is Unsuccessful if Root Partition Does Not Provide Sufficient Free Space
- Backup Copies of .xml Files Cause the System to Time Out
- Delete Orphaned Nodes on vRealize Automation
- Unable to Create New Directory in vRealize Automation
- Some Virtual Machines Do Not Have a Deployment Created During Upgrade
- Certificate Not Trusted Error
- Installing or Upgrading to vRealize Automation Fails
- Update Fails to Upgrade the Management Agent
- Management Agent Upgrade is Unsuccessful
- vRealize Automation Update Fails Because of Default Timeout Settings
- Upgrading IaaS in a High Availability Environment Fails
- Work Around Upgrade Problems
Table 1‑4. vRealize Automation Console
Purpose Access Required Credentials
You use the vRealize Automation console
for these system administrator tasks.
n
Add tenants.
n
Customize the vRealize Automation
user interface.
n
Configure email servers.
n
View event logs.
n
Configure vRealize Orchestrator.
1 Start a browser and open the
vRealize Automation appliance splash page
using the fully qualified domain name of the
virtual appliance:
https://vra-va-hostname.domain.name.
2 Click vRealize Automation console.
You can also use this URL to open the
vRealize Automation console: https://vra-va-
hostname.domain.name/vcac
3 Log in.
You must be a user with the
system administrator role.
Table 1‑5. vRealize Automation
Purpose Access Required Credentials
You use vRealize Automation for these
tasks.
n
Request new IT services.
n
Create and manage cloud and IT
resources.
n
Create and manage custom groups.
n
Create and manage business groups.
n
Assign roles to users.
1 Start a browser and enter the URL of your
tenancy using the fully qualified domain name of
the virtual appliance and the tenant URL name:
https://vra-va-
hostname.domain.name/vcac/org/tenant_URL_n
ame .
2 Log in.
You must be a user with one
or more of these roles:
n
Application Architect
n
Approval Administrator
n
Catalog Administrator
n
Container Administrator
n
Container Architect
n
Health Consumer
n
Infrastructure Architect
n
Secure Export Consumer
n
Software Architect
n
Tenant Administrator
n
XaaS Architect
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