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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
What to do next
Increase vCenter Server Hardware Resources for vRealize Automation 6.2.5.
Increase vCenter Server Hardware Resources for
vRealize Automation 6.2.5
Before you upgrade from vRealize Automation 6.2.5, you must increase hardware resources for each
vRealize Automation appliance.
This procedure assumes that you use the Windows vCenter Server client.
Prerequisites
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Verify that you have a clone of each vRealize Automation appliance.
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Verify that you have at least 140 GB of free space in your vCenter Server for each appliance clone.
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Verify that the original appliances are powered off.
Procedure
1 Log in to vCenter Server.
2 Right-click a cloned vRealize Automation appliance icon and select Edit Settings.
3 Select Memory and set the value to 18 GB.
4 Select CPU and set the Number of virtual sockets value to 4.
5 Extend the size of virtual Disk 1 to 50 GB.
a Select Disk 1.
b Change the size to 50 GB.
c Click OK.
6 If you do not have Disk 3, complete these steps to add a Disk 3 with a disk size of 25 GB.
a Click Add above the Resources table to add a virtual disk.
b Select Hard Disk for the Device Type, and click Next.
c Select Create a new virtual disk, and click Next.
d Set disk size value to 25 GB.
e Select Store with the virtual machine and click Next.
f Verify that the Independent option is deselected for Mode and SCSI (0:2) is selected for Virtual
Device Mode, and click Next.
If prompted to accept recommended settings, accept the recommended settings.
g Click Finish.
h Click OK.
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