7.0.1
Table Of Contents
- Upgrading from vRealize Automation 7.0 to 7.0.1
- Contents
- Updated Information
- Upgrading vRealize Automation
- Preparing to Upgrade vRealize Automation
- Updating the vRealize Automation Appliance
- Upgrading the IaaS Server Components
- 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
- Ensure Deployed Virtual Machines Register With Software Service
- Restore Changes to Logging
- Troubleshooting the Upgrade
- 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 During Runtime
- Log In Fails After Upgrade
- Catalog Items Appear in the Service Catalog But Are Not Available to Request
Procedure
1 Open the vRealize Automation appliance management console for the upgrade.
a Go to the management console for your virtual appliance by using its fully qualified domain name,
https://va-hostname.domain.name:5480.
b Log in with the user name root and the password you specified when the appliance was
deployed.
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.
What to do next
Install the Update on Additional vRealize Automation Appliances
Install the Update on Additional vRealize Automation
Appliances
For a high availability environment, the master virtual appliance is the node that runs embedded
PostgreSQL in the Master mode. The other nodes in the environment run the embedded PostgreSQL
database in Replica mode. During upgrade, the replica virtual appliance does not require database
changes.
Do not close the management console while the update is being installed.
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