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9 Select the groups and users to synchronize.
a Click the New icon.
b Enter the user domain and click Find Groups.
For example, enter dc=vcac,dc=local.
c To select the groups to synchronize, click Select and click Next.
d On the Select Users page, select the users to synchronize and click Next.
10 Review the users and groups are syncing to the directory, and click Sync Directory.
The directory synchronization takes some time and runs in the background.
11 Select Administration > Directories Management > Identity Providers, and click your new identity
provider.
For example, WorkspaceIDP__1.
12 Scroll to the bottom of the page, and update the value for the IdP Hostname property to point to the
FQDN for the vRealize Automation load balancer.
13 Click Save.
14 Repeat steps 11–13 for each tenant and identity provider.
15 After you upgrade all vRealize Automation nodes, log in to each tenant and select Administration >
Directories Management > Identity Providers.
Each identity provider has all vRealize Automation connectors added to it.
For example, if your deployment has two vRealize Automation appliances, the identity provider has
two associated connectors.
Migrate Custom Groups to the Target VMware Identity Manager
You must migrate all custom groups from the source environment to the VMware Identity Manager (vIDM)
in the target deployment.
Complete this procedure to migrate custom groups.
Prerequisites
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Create a Local User Account for Your Tenants.
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Ensure that the horizon-workspace service is running on the vRealize Automation virtual appliance.
Procedure
1 Start an SSH session on the vRealize Automation virtual appliance.
2 At the command prompt, log in as root with the password you created when you installed the
vRealize Automation virtual appliance.
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