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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
10 Reboot the virtual appliance.
a Click the System tab.
b Click Reboot and confirm your selection.
11 Reconnect all PostgreSQL virtual appliances to the load balancer.
What to do next
Reconfigure Disk 1 on All vRealize Automation Appliance Nodes
Install the Update on the vRealize Automation Appliance
You install the update on the vRealize Automation appliance and configure appliance settings.
Details regarding the data collected through CEIP and the purposes for which it is used by VMware are
set forth at the Trust & Assurance Center at http://www.vmware.com/trustvmware/ceip.html.
Do not close the management console while the update is being installed.
Prerequisites
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Select a download method and download the update. See Downloading vRealize Automation
Appliance Updates.
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For all high-availability deployments, see Back Up Your Environment.
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For high-availability deployments with load balancers, verify that the health check is disabled on all
load balancers.
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If you have a Common Components Catalog component installed, uninstall the component before
you upgrade. For information about how to uninstall, install, and upgrade the Common Components
Catalog, see the Common Components Catalog documentation.
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For high-availability deployments with external PostgreSQL environments, verify that the external
PostgreSQL environment is set up. See Prepare a Clustered PostgreSQL Environment for Upgrade.
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Verify that all saved and in-progress requests have completed successfully before you upgrade.
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(Upgrading from vRealize Automation 7.0 to 7.0.1 only) Verify that you have run the required script
described in Knowledge Base 2144876.
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Verify that the Message Signature Check value is disabled. See Upgrading vRealize Automation.
Procedure
1 Open the vRealize Automation appliance management console for the upgrade.
a Go to the management console for your virtual appliance by using its fully qualified domain name,
https://va-hostname.domain.name:5480.
b Log in with the user name root and the password you specified when the appliance was
deployed.
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