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
PostgreSQL Database Upgrade Merge Does Not Succeed
The external PostgreSQL database merge with the embedded PostgreSQL database does not succeed.
Problem
If the PostgreSQL database upgrade merge does not succeed, you can perform a manual merge.
Solution
1 Revert the vRealize Automation virtual appliance to the snapshot you made before upgrade.
2 Log in to the vRealize Automation virtual appliance and run this command to allow upgrade to
complete if the database merge does not succeed.
touch /tmp/allow-external-db
The command does not disable auto merge.
3 On the remote PostgreSQL database host, connect to the PostgreSQL database using the psql tool
and run these commands.
CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS "hstore";
CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS "uuid-ossp";
CREATE SCHEMA saas AUTHORIZATION vcac;
The user in this command is vcac. If vRealize Automation connects to the external database with a
different user, replace vcac in this command with the name of that user.
CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS "citext" SCHEMA saas;
4 Run upgrade.
If upgrade is successful, the system works as expected with the external PostgreSQL database.
Ensure that the external PostgreSQL database is running properly.
5 Log in to the vRealize Automation virtual appliance and run these commands
/etc/bootstrap/postupdate.d/00-20-db-merge-external
/etc/bootstrap/postupdate.d/11-db-merge-external
Replica vRealize Automation Appliance Fails to Update
Replica vRealize Automation appliance fails to update during master appliance update.
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