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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
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Download Virtual Appliance Updates for Use with a CD-ROM Drive
You can update your virtual appliance from an ISO file that the appliance reads from the virtual CD-
ROM drive. This is the preferred method.
Download vRealize Automation Appliance Updates from a
VMware Repository
You can download the update for your vRealize Automation appliance from a public repository on the
vmware.com website.
Prerequisites
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Back up your existing vRealize Automation environment.
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Verify that your vRealize Automation appliance is powered on.
Procedure
1 On your primary vRealize Automation appliance, log in to vRealize Automation Appliance
Management as root using the password you entered when you deployed the vRealize Automation
appliance.
2 Click the Update tab.
3 Click Settings.
4 (Optional) Set how often to check for updates in the Automatic Updates panel.
5 Select Use Default Repository in the Update Repository panel.
The default repository is set to the correct VMware.com URL.
6 Click Save Settings.
Download Virtual Appliance Updates for Use with a CD-ROM Drive
You can update your virtual appliance from an ISO file that the appliance reads from the virtual CD-ROM
drive. This is the preferred method.
You download the ISO file and set up the primary appliance to use this file to upgrade your appliance.
Prerequisites
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Back up your existing vRealize Automation envrionment.
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Verify that all CD-ROM drives you use in your upgrade are enabled before you update a
vRealize Automation appliance. See the vSphere documentation for information about adding a CD-
ROM drive to a virtual machine in the vSphere client.
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