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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
Cause
Iaas upgrade fails when the creation date for the web.config file is the same as or later than the
modified date.
Solution
1 On the IaaS host, log in to Windows.
2 Open the Windows command prompt.
3 Change directories to the vRealize Automation installation folder.
4 Start your preferred text editor with the Run as Administrator option.
5 Locate and select the web.config file and save the file to change its file modification date.
6 Examine the web.config file properties to confirm that the file modification date is later than the
creation date.
7 Upgrade IaaS.
Manager Service Fails to Run Due to SSL Validation Errors
During Runtime
The manager service fails to run due to SSL validation errors.
Problem
The manager service fails with the following error message in the log:
[Info]: Thread-Id="6" - context="" token="" Failed to connect to the core database,
will retry in 00:00:05, error details: A connection was successfully established
with the server, but then an error occurred during the login process. (provider: SSL
Provider, error: 0 - The certificate chain was issued by an authority that is not
trusted.)
Cause
During runtime, the manager service fails to run due to SSL validation errors.
Solution
1 Open the ManagerService.config configuration file.
2 Update Encrypt=False on the following line:
<add name="vcac-repository" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient"
connectionString="Data Source=iaas-db.sqa.local;Initial Catalog=vcac;Integrated
Security=True;Pooling=True;Max Pool
Size=200;MultipleActiveResultSets=True;Connect Timeout=200, Encrypt=True" />
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