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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
Contents
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Upgrading vRealize Automation 6.2.5 to 7.4 6
Prerequisites for Upgrading vRealize Automation 7
Considerations About Upgrading to This vRealize Automation Version 9
Upgrade and Identity Appliance Specifications 9
Upgrade and Licensing 9
Understanding How Roles Are Upgraded 9
Understanding How Blueprints Are Upgraded 10
Upgrade and vApp Blueprints, vCloud Endpoints, and vCloud Reservations 10
Understanding How Multi-Machine Blueprints Are Upgraded 11
Upgrade and Physical Endpoints, Reservations, and Blueprints 12
Upgrade and Network Profile Settings 12
Upgrade and Entitled Actions 13
Upgrade and Custom Properties 13
Upgrade and Application Services 14
Upgrade and Advanced Service Design 14
Upgrade and Blueprint Price Information 14
Upgrade and Catalog Items 15
Checklist for Upgrading vRealize Automation 15
vRealize Automation Environment User Interfaces 18
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Upgrading VMware Products Integrated with vRealize Automation 22
Upgrading vRealize Operations Manager Integrated with vRealize Automation 22
Upgrading vRealize Log Insight Integrated with vRealize Automation 23
Upgrading vRealize Business for Cloud Integrated with vRealize Automation 23
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Preparing to Upgrade vRealize Automation 24
Backup Prerequisites for Upgrading vRealize Automation 24
Back Up Your Existing vRealize Automation 6.2.5 Environment 25
Increase vCenter Server Hardware Resources for vRealize Automation 6.2.5 27
Power On the Entire System 29
Stop vRealize Automation Services on the IaaS Windows Server 29
Downloading vRealize Automation Appliance Updates 30
Download vRealize Automation Appliance Updates from a VMware Repository 31
Download Virtual Appliance Updates for Use with a CD-ROM Drive 31
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Updating the vRealize Automation Appliance 33
Install the Update on the vRealize Automation Appliance 33
Update Your Single Sign-On Password for VMware Identity Manager 36
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