7.4
Table Of Contents
- Upgrading from vRealize Automation 7.1 or Later to 7.4
- Contents
- Upgrading vRealize Automation 7.1, 7.2, or 7.3.x to 7.4
- Upgrading VMware Products Integrated with vRealize Automation
- Preparing to Upgrade vRealize Automation
- Run NSX Network and Security Inventory Data Collection Before You Upgrade vRealize Automation
- Backup Prerequisites for Upgrading vRealize Automation
- Back Up Your Existing vRealize Automation Environment
- Set the vRealize Automation PostgreSQL Replication Mode to Asynchronous
- Downloading vRealize Automation Appliance Updates
- Updating the vRealize Automation Appliance and IaaS Components
- Upgrading the IaaS Server Components Separately If the Update Process Fails
- Upgrading vRealize Orchestrator After Upgrading vRealize Automation
- Enable Your Load Balancers
- Post-Upgrade Tasks for Upgrading vRealize Automation
- Upgrading Software Agents to TLS 1.2
- Set the vRealize Automation PostgreSQL Replication Mode to Synchronous
- Run Test Connection and Verify Upgraded Endpoints
- Run NSX Network and Security Inventory Data Collection After You Upgrade from vRealize Automation
- Join Replica Appliance to Cluster
- Port Configuration for High-Availability Deployments
- Reconfigure Built-In vRealize Orchestrator for High Availability
- Restore External Workflow Timeout Files
- Enabling the Connect to Remote Console Action for Consumers
- Restore Changes to Logging in the app.config File
- Enable Automatic Manager Service Failover After Upgrade
- Troubleshooting the vRealize Automation Upgrade
- Automatic Manager Service Failover Does Not Activate
- 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
- Delete Orphaned Nodes on vRealize Automation
- Join Cluster Command Appears to Fail After Upgrading a High-Availability Environment
- PostgreSQL Database Upgrade Merge Does Not Succeed
- Replica vRealize Automation Appliance Fails to Update
- Backup Copies of .xml Files Cause the System to Time Out
- Exclude Management Agents from Upgrade
- Unable to Create New Directory in vRealize Automation
- vRealize Automation Replica Virtual Appliance Update Times Out
- Some Virtual Machines Do Not Have a Deployment Created During Upgrade
- Certificate Not Trusted Error
- Installing or Upgrading to vRealize Automation Fails
- Unable to Update DEM and DEO Components
- 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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