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Table Of Contents
- Upgrading from vRealize Automation 6.2 to 7.0.1
- Contents
- Upgrading to vRealize Automation 7.0
- Updated Information
- Upgrading vRealize Automation
- Checklist for Upgrading vRealize Automation Components
- 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 Cost Information
- Prerequisites for Upgrading vRealize Automation
- Preparing to Upgrade vRealize Automation
- Backing up and Saving Your Existing Environment
- Shut Down vCloud Automation Center Services on Your IaaS Windows...
- Prepare a Clustered PostgreSQL Environment for Upgrade
- Increase vCenter Server Hardware Resources for Upgrade
- (Optional) Reconfigure Disk 1 on All vRealize Automation Appliance Nodes
- Create a SaaS Schema and Citext Extension for External vRealize...
- Downloading vRealize Automation Appliance Updates
- Updating the vRealize Automation Appliance
- (Alternative Option) Upgrade the External PostgreSQL Virtual Appliance
- Install the Update on the vRealize Automation Appliance
- Update Your Single Sign-On Password for VMware Identity Manager
- Update the License Key
- Migrate Identity Stores to the VMware Identity Manager
- Install the Update on Additional vRealize Automation Appliances
- Upgrading the IaaS Server Components
- Upgrade Stand-Alone External vRealize Orchestrator for Use With vRealize Automation
- Upgrade External vRealize Orchestrator Appliance Clusters
- Add Users or Groups to an Active Directory Connection
- Enable Your Load Balancers
- Post-Upgrade Tasks for vRealize Automation
- Port Configuration for High-Availability Deployments
- Enabling the Connect to Remote Console Action for Consumers
- Reconfigure External Workflow Timeouts
- Verify That vRealize Orchestrator Service is Available
- Restore Embedded vRealize Orchestrator Endpoint
- Configure an External PostgreSQL Database to Merge into an Embedded PostgreSQL Environment
- Restore Changes to Logging
- Ensure Deployed Virtual Machines Register With Software Service
- Troubleshooting the Upgrade
- Migration of Identity Store Fails Because the Active Directory is...
- Migration of Identity Store Fails Because of Incorrect Credentials
- Migration of Identity Store Fails With a Timeout Error Message...
- Installation or Upgrade Fails with a Load Balancer Timeout Error...
- Upgrade Fails for Website Component During IaaS Upgrade
- Incorrect Tab Names Appear Intermittently
- Manager Service Fails to Run Due to SSL Validation Errors...
- Log In Fails After Upgrade
- Catalog Items Appear in the Service Catalog But Are Not...
- User Migration Batch Files Are Ineffective
Table 4. Upgrade to vRealize Automation Distributed Installation Checklist (Continued)
Task Instructions
If the Common Components Catalog is installed, you must
uninstall it before you upgrade.
For information about how to uninstall, install, and upgrade the
Common Components Catalog, see the Common Components
Catalog documentation.
Prepare and update the embedded PostgreSQL database
if your deployment includes one.
See Prepare a Clustered PostgreSQL Environment for Upgrade.
Configure your hardware resources for the upgrade.
See Increase vCenter Server Hardware Resources for Upgrade.
Create a SaaS Schema and Citext. to use when you
upgrade PostgreSQL.
See Create a SaaS Schema and Citext Extension for External
vRealize Automation Database
Download updates to the vRealize Automation appliance.
See Downloading vRealize Automation Appliance Updates.
Upgrade the External PostgreSQL virtual appliance, if your
deployment includes one.
See Upgrade the External PostgreSQL Virtual Appliance
Install the update on the first vRealize Automation
appliance in your installation. If you have designated an
appliance as a master, upgrade this appliance first.
See Install the Update on the vRealize Automation Appliance.
Update the Single-Sign On utility to the VMware Identity
Manager utility.
See Update Your Single Sign-On Password for VMware Identity
Manager.
Update the license key.
See Update the License Key.
Migrate the Identity Store to the VMware Identity Manager
utility
Migrate Identity Stores to the VMware Identity Manager
Install the update on the rest of your vRealize Automation
appliances.
Install the Update on Additional vRealize Automation Appliances
Download and install updates for IaaS.
See Upgrading the IaaS Server Components.
Upgrade the external vRealize Orchestrator
See Upgrade Stand-Alone External vRealize Orchestrator for
Use With vRealize Automation .
Enable your load balancers.
Enable Your Load Balancers
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