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Table Of Contents
Contents
Updated Information 5
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Migrating vRealize Automation 7
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Migration Prerequisites 9
Prerequisites for Migration to a Minimal Environment 9
Prerequisites for Migration to a High-Availability Environment 10
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Pre-Migration Tasks 13
Review Changes Introduced by Migration from vRealize Automation 6.2.x to 7.x 13
Set the vRealize Automation PostgreSQL Replication Mode to Asynchronous 14
Change DoDeletes Setting on the vSphere Agent to False 15
Prepare vRealize Automation Virtual Machines for Migration 15
Gather Information Required for Migration 15
Obtain the Encryption Key from the Source vRealize Automation Environment 17
List Tenant and IaaS Administrators from the Source vRealize Automation 6.2.x Environment 18
Add Each Tenant from the Source vRealize Automation Environment to the Target Environment 18
Create an Administrator for Each Added Tenant 20
Synchronize Users and Groups for an Active Directory Link Before Migration to a Minimal
Environment 21
Synchronize Users and Groups for an Active Directory Link Before Migration to a High-Availability
Environment 22
Run NSX Network and Security Inventory Data Collection in the Source vRealize Automation
Environment 24
Manually Clone the Source vRealize Automation IaaS Microsoft SQL Database 25
Snapshot the Target vRealize Automation Environment 25
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Migration Procedures 27
Migrate vRealize Automation Source Data to a vRealize Automation 7.3 Minimal Environment 27
Migrate vRealize Automation Source Data to a vRealize Automation 7.3 High-Availability
Environment 29
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Post-Migration Tasks 32
Add Tenant and IaaS Administrators from the Source vRealize Automation 6.2.x Environment 33
Set the vRealize Automation PostgreSQL Replication Mode to Synchronous 33
Run Test Connection and Verify Migrated Endpoints 34
Run NSX Network and Security Inventory Data Collection in Your Target vRealize Automation 7.3
Environment 35
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