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Migration Prerequisites 1
Review these prerequisites to ensure a successful migration.
Prerequisites
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Verify that you have a new target installation of VMware vRealize ™ Automation 7.2 whose
components reect the source 6.2.x environment.
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Verify that endpoint names congured for agents, such as vSphere agents, running on the target system
match the endpoint names used by the source installation.
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Verify that installed agent names are the same on both source and target systems for vSphere and
Hyper-V proxy agents, Citrix Xen Server, and Test agents.
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For a clustered environment, congure load balancers for the vRealize Automation appliance, the IaaS
Web Server that hosts the Model Manager, and the Manager Service to meet the following
requirements:
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The load balancer must point to the appropriate master (primary, active) node, and exclude any
trac routes to replica nodes.
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The load balancer must not have any health check URLs dened in its conguration.
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Verify that the target Microsoft SQL Server version for the vRealize Automation 7.2 IaaS database is
either 2012 or 2014.
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Verify that Secure Shell (SSH) service is enabled on both the source and target vRealize Automation
virtual appliances.
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Verify that port 22 is open between the source and target vRealize Automation environments.
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Verify that each IaaS server node in the target environment has at least Java SE Runtime Environment
(JRE) 8, Update 91 (64 bit) installed. After you install the JRE, make sure the JAVA_HOME system
variable points to the Java version you installed on each IaaS node, and adjust the path if necessary.
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Verify that each IaaS node has at least PowerShell 3.0 installed.
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Verify that the source and target vRealize Automation environments are running.
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Migrate your existing SSO2 tenants and identity stores on the vRealize Automation 6.2.x source
environment to the VMware Identity Manager on the vRealize Automation 7.2 target environment. For
information, see .
Do not migrate tenant administrators when you migrate tenants and stores. Perform the Migrate
Multiple Tenant Administrators procedure when you nish migration. For information, see “Migrate
Multiple Tenant and IaaS Administrators After Migration,” on page 20.
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