6.2
Table Of Contents
- Installation and Configuration
- Contents
- vRealize Automation Installation and Configuration
- Updated Information
- Installation Overview
- Preparing for Installation
- Minimal Deployment Checklist
- Minimal Deployment
- Distributed Deployment
- Distributed Deployment Checklist
- Distributed Installation Components
- Disabling Load Balancer Health Checks
- Certificate Trust Requirements in a Distributed Deployment
- Installation Worksheets
- Deploy Appliances for vRealize Automation
- Configuring Your Load Balancer
- Configuring Appliances for vRealize Automation
- Configure the Identity Appliance
- Configure the Primary vRealize Appliance
- Configuring Additional Instances of vRealize Appliance
- Enable Time Synchronization on the vRealize Appliance
- Configure Appliance Database on the Secondary vRealize Appliance
- Configure Appliance Database Replication on the Secondary Appliance
- Join a vRealize Appliance to a Cluster
- Disable Unused Services
- Validate the Distributed Deployment
- Test Appliance Database Failover
- Test Appliance Database Failback
- Validate Appliance Database Replication
- Install the IaaS Components in a Distributed Configuration
- Install IaaS Certificates
- Download the IaaS Installer
- Choosing an IaaS Database Scenario
- Install the Primary IaaS Website Component with Model Manager Data
- Install Additional IaaS Website Components
- Install the Primary Manager Service
- Install an Additional Manager Service Component
- Installing Distributed Execution Managers
- Configuring Windows Service to Access the IaaS Database
- Verify IaaS Services
- Installing Agents
- Set the PowerShell Execution Policy to RemoteSigned
- Choosing the Agent Installation Scenario
- Agent Installation Location and Requirements
- Installing and Configuring the Proxy Agent for vSphere
- Installing the Proxy Agent for Hyper-V or XenServer
- Installing the VDI Agent for XenDesktop
- Installing the EPI Agent for Citrix
- Installing the EPI Agent for Visual Basic Scripting
- Installing the WMI Agent for Remote WMI Requests
- Configuring Initial Access
- Configuring Additional Tenants
- Updating vRealize Automation Certificates
- Extracting Certificates and Private Keys
- Updating the Identity Appliance Certificate
- Updating the vRealize Appliance Certificate
- Updating the IaaS Certificate
- Replace the Identity Appliance Management Site Certificate
- Updating the vRealize Appliance Management Site Certificate
- Replace a Management Agent Certificate
- Troubleshooting
- Default Log Locations
- Rolling Back a Failed Installation
- Create a Support Bundle for vRealize Automation
- Installers Fail to Download
- Failed to Install Model Manager Data and Web Components
- Save Settings Warning Appears During IaaS Installation
- WAPI and Distributed Execution Managers Fail to Install
- IaaS Authentication Fails During IaaS Web and Model Management Installation
- Installation or Upgrade Fails with a Load Balancer Timeout Error
- Uninstalling a Proxy Agent Fails
- Validating Server Certificates for IaaS
- Server Times Are Not Synchronized
- RabbitMQ Configuration Fails in a High-Availability Environment
- Encryption.key File has Incorrect Permissions
- Log in to the vRealize Automation Console Fails
- Error Communicating to the Remote Server
- Blank Pages May Appear When Using Internet Explorer 9 or 10 on Windows 7
- Cannot Establish Trust Relationship for the SSL/TLS Secure Channel
- Cannot Log in to a Tenant or Tenant Identity Stores Disappear
- Adding an Endpoint Causes an Internal Error
- Error in Manager Service Communication
- Machine Requests Fail When Remote Transactions Are Disabled
- Credentials Error When Running the IaaS Installer
- Attempts to Log In as the IaaS Administrator with Incorrect UPN Format Credentials Fails with No Explanation
- Email Customization Behavior Has Changed
- Changes Made to /etc/hosts Files Might Be Overwritten
- Network Settings Were Not Successfully Applied
Table 1‑2. Supported Upgrade Paths
Your Currently Installed Version Documentation for Incremental Upgrades
vCloud Automation Center 6.0 Perform upgrades in the following order:
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Upgrading vCloud Automation Center 6.0 to 6.0.1
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Upgrading to vCloud Automation Center 6.1
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Upgrading to vRealize Automation 6.2 or Later
vCloud Automation Center 6.0.1 Perform upgrades in the following order:
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Upgrading to vCloud Automation Center 6.1
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Upgrading to vRealize Automation 6.2 or Later
vCloud Automation Center 6.1.x Upgrading to vRealize Automation 6.2 or Later
vRealize Automation 6.2.x Upgrade directly to the latest 6.2.x release as described in
Upgrading to vRealize Automation 6.2 or Later
Migrating to vRealize Automation
You can migrate your data from vCloud Automation Center 5.2.3 to vRealize Automation 6.2.
The following high-level overview shows the steps required to migrate to vRealize Automation 6.2.
1 Read Migrating vCloud Automation Center 5.2.3 to vRealize Automation 6.2. for important information
about processes and prerequisites.
2 Verify that the Identity Appliance and Windows IaaS servers belong to the same domain as the
source vRealize Automation system servers or to a domain with identical domain trusts to the source
system servers.
3 Install vRealize Automation 6.2. Depending on your deployment type, see Chapter 4 Minimal
Deployment or Chapter 5 Distributed Deployment. As you install, note the following configurations
required for migration:
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Join your Identity Appliance to your Native Active Directory domain. See Configure the Identity
Appliance.
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Verify that the names of Distributed Execution Orchestrators and Distributed Execution Workers
for vRealize Automation 6.2 exactly match the names you used in your vCloud Automation
Center 5.2.3 deployment. See Install the Distributed Execution Managers.
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Verify that agent and proxy agent names for vRealize Automation 6.2 exactly match the names
you used in your vCloud Automation Center 5.2.3 deployment. See Chapter 6 Installing Agents.
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Configure the default tenant ID store for Native Active Directory. See Configure a Native Active
Directory Identity Store.
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You must appoint one or more users to the administrative roles. Groups are not supported for
migration. See Appoint Administrators.
4 Migrate your 5.2.3 deployment to vRealize Automation 6.2 using the migration tool. See Migrating
vCloud Automation Center 5.2.3 to vRealize Automation 6.2..
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