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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
c Click the Services tab and verify that all services except iaas-service are listed as
REGISTERED.
At least one vco service should be registered. If other vco services are not registered, leave them
as is.
d Click the Update tab.
2 Click Status.
3 Click Check Updates to verify that an update is accessible.
4 (Optional) For instances of vRealize Automation appliance, click Details in the Appliance Version
area to see information about the location of release notes.
5 Click Install Updates.
6 Click OK.
7 Open the log files to verify that the upgrade is progressing successfully.
/opt/vmware/var/log/vami/updatecli.log, /opt/vmware/var/log/vami/vami.log,
and /var/log/vmware/horizon/horizon.log.
If you log out during the upgrade process and log in, you can continue to follow the progress of the
update in the log file. The update.cli.log file might display information about the version of
vRealize Automation that you are upgrading from. Ignore this file. It is changed later in the upgrade
process.
The time it takes for the update to finish depends on your site environment.
8 If you have an external vRealize Orchestrator server or servers that use vRealize Automation
authentication type, run the vcac-config command to clean up outdated vco services from
component registry:
vcac-config service-delete --service-name vco
9 Read the note about participation in the Customer Experience Improvement Program and choose to
join or not join the program.
For information about the program, click the Telemetry tab in the product management console.
For more information about setting parameters for data collection and joining or leaving the Customer
Experience Improvement Program, see System Administration.
What to do next
Update Your Single Sign-On Password for VMware Identity Manager
Update Your Single Sign-On Password for
VMware Identity Manager
After you install the updates, you must update the Single Sign-On password for
VMware Identity Manager.
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