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Preparing to Upgrade
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You must perform various listed tasks and procedures in preparation for upgrading vRealize Automation.
Perform the tasks required for upgrade in the order in which they appear in the checklist. See Checklist
for Upgrading vRealize Automation Components.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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Backing up and Saving Your Existing Environment
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Shut Down vCloud Automation Center Services on Your IaaS Windows Server
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Increase vCenter Server Hardware Resources for Upgrade
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Reconfigure Disk 1 on All vRealize Automation Appliance Nodes
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Downloading vRealize Automation Appliance Updates
Backing up and Saving Your Existing Environment
Before you begin an upgrade process, you complete the backup prerequisites.
Prerequisites
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Verify that your source installation is fully installed and configured.
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Backup vRealize Automation appliance configuration files in the following directories for each
appliance.
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/etc/vcac/
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/etc/vco/
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/etc/apache2/
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/etc/rabbitmq/
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Backup all databases.
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Create a snapshot of your tenant configuration and the users assigned.
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Backup any files you have customized, such as DataCenterLocations.xml.
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Create a snapshot of your virtual appliances and IaaS servers. Adhere to regular guidelines for
backing up the entire system in case vRealize Automation upgrade fails for whatever reason. See
Configuring vRealize Suite 6.0 for Backup and Restore topics in vRealize Suite documentation.
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