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Contents
Upgrading from vRealize Automation 6.2.x to 7.0.1 5
Updated Information 5
Upgrading vRealize Automation 7
Checklist for Upgrading vRealize Automation Components 9
Considerations About Upgrading to This vRealize Automation Version 12
Prerequisites for Upgrading vRealize Automation 17
Preparing to Upgrade vRealize Automation 19
Backing up and Saving Your Existing Environment 19
Shut Down vCloud Automation Center Services on Your IaaS Windows Server 20
Prepare a Clustered PostgreSQL Environment for Upgrade 21
Increase vCenter Server Hardware Resources for Upgrade 22
Reconfigure Disk 1 on All vRealize Automation Appliance Nodes 24
Create a SaaS Schema and Citext Extension for External vRealize Automation Database 25
Downloading vRealize Automation Appliance Updates 26
Updating the vRealize Automation Appliance 27
Upgrade the External PostgreSQL Virtual Appliance 28
Install the Update on the vRealize Automation Appliance 29
Update Your Single Sign-On Password for VMware Identity Manager 30
Update the License Key 31
Migrate Identity Stores to the VMware Identity Manager 32
Install the Update on Additional vRealize Automation Appliances 36
Upgrading the IaaS Server Components 37
Download the IaaS Installer 37
Upgrade the IaaS Components 38
Upgrade Stand-Alone External vRealize Orchestrator for Use With vRealize Automation 41
Upgrade External vRealize Orchestrator Appliance Clusters 43
Add Users or Groups to an Active Directory Connection 44
Enable Your Load Balancers 46
Post-Upgrade Tasks for vRealize Automation 46
Port Configuration for High-Availability Deployments 46
Enabling the Connect to Remote Console Action for Consumers 46
Reconfigure External Workflow Timeouts 46
Verify That vRealize Orchestrator Service is Available 46
Restore Embedded vRealize Orchestrator Endpoint 47
Configure an External PostgreSQL Database to Merge into an Embedded PostgreSQL
Environment 48
Restore Changes to Logging 49
Ensure Deployed Virtual Machines Register With Software Service 49
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