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
Prerequisites
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Verify that you have downloaded the virtual appliance updates. See Downloading vRealize
Automation Appliance Updates.
Procedure
1 Locate the secondary vRealize Automation appliance node and power it on.
2 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 Update tab.
3 Click Settings.
4 Select to download the updates from a default repository, specified repository, or CDROM in the
Update Repository section.
5 Click Status.
6 Click Check Updates to verify that an update is accessible.
7 Click Install Updates.
8 Click OK.
An informational message stating that the update is in progress appears.
9 Open the log files to verify that upgrade is progressing successfully.
/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 /opt/vmware/var/log/vami/updatecli.log.
The time it takes for the update to finish depends on your site environment.
10 Log out of the vRealize Automation appliance, clear the cache of your Web browser, and log in to the
vRealize Automation appliance management console.
11 Reboot the virtual appliance.
a Click the System tab.
b Click Reboot and confirm your selection.
12 Log in to the vRealize Automation appliance.
13 Select vRA Settings > Cluster.
14 Verify that all of the services appear under the Service tab.
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