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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
For more information about upgrading external vRealize Orchestrator, see vRealize Orchestrator upgrade
documentation.
Prerequisites
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Install the Update on the vRealize Automation Appliance
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Upgrade IaaS components as described in Upgrading the IaaS Server Components
Procedure
1 Shut down the vRealize Orchestrator node.
2 Take a snapshot.
3 Power on the vRealize Orchestrator node.
4 Log in to the vRealize Orchestrator appliance configuration portal at https://orchestrator_server:5480.
5 Select your upgrade method based on the instructions in the vRealize Orchestrator documentation.
6 Select the Update tab in your configuration portal and click Settings.
7 Choose your download method and click Save Settings.
8 Click Status.
9 Click Check Updates.
10 Click Install Updates.
To proceed with the upgrade, you must accept the VMware End User License Agreement.
11 To complete the update, restart the vRealize Orchestrator appliance.
12 If your standalone vRealize Orchestrator was previously configured with vRealize Automation
authentication type, then re-register the node.
a Login with root credentials to ControlCenter by going to https://
your_orchestrator_server_IP_or_DNS_name:8283/vco-controlcenter in a Web browser.
b Navigate to Configuration Authentication Provider.
c Click Unregister.
d Reregister the instance by selecting Connect and entering your credentials.
e Select the Configure License checkbox and select the vco administrators group.
f Restart the vco server.
g Verify that the vco service appears as REGISTERED in the vRealize Automation appliance
management console.
13 From the Control Center, upgrade the vRealize Automation default plugins, which include vCAC Cafe
and vCAC IaaS and NSX.
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