7.0
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
Revision Description
EN-001900-01
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Updated Upgrading vRealize Automation to add a note about CCE support for upgrade considerations.
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Updated Checklist for Upgrading vRealize Automation Components to change the order of the minimal and
distributed upgrade. Changes were also made to the order of topics in the table of contents and reference links
to the proceeding tasks were updated accordingly.
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Updated Backing up and Saving Your Existing Environment to add the backup requirements for upgrade.
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Updated Back Up Your Environment to add information about taking snapshots and taking in-memory
snapshots of nodes. Moved the power on the system task into the procedure.
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Updated Increase vCenter Server Hardware Resources for Upgrade to add information about configuring the
resources if the user has only two disks.
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Updated Install the Update on the vRealize Automation Appliance to add information about registered,
embedded, and external vco services.
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Added a new Install the Update on Additional vRealize Automation Appliances topic.
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Updated Upgrade External vRealize Orchestrator Appliance Clusters to clarify that the vRealize Orchestrator
cluster should be external.
EN-001900-00 Initial release.
Upgrading vRealize Automation
Upgrading is a multi-stage process in which procedures must be performed in a particular order. Follow
the suggested processes to ensure a smooth upgrade with a minimum of system downtime. You must
upgrade all product components to the same version.
Note vRealize Automation features and innovations introduced in 7.0 required several platform-level
enhancements. As a result, certain upgrade scenarios will require additional assistance. To ensure the
best possible upgrade experience, it is recommended that you visit the vRealize Automation Upgrade
Assistance webpage at http://www.vmware.com/products/vrealize-automation/upgrade-center before you
begin the upgrade process.
To find out the considerations for the upgrade process, see Considerations About Upgrading to This
vRealize Automation Version.
Locate your currently installed version in the table and then follow the steps in the documents on the right
to incrementally upgrade your vRealize Automation environment to the latest release. You can find links
to the documentation for all versions of vCloud Automation Center and vRealize Automation at
https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vcac-pubs.html.
Note If you have customized your vRealize Automation 6.2.x deployment, contact your CCE support
staff for additional information about upgrade considerations.
Upgrading from vRealize Automation 6.2 to 7.0.1
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