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Table Of Contents
- Migrating vRealize Automation to 7.3 or 7.3.1
- Contents
- Updated Information
- Migrating vRealize Automation
- Migration Prerequisites
- Pre-Migration Tasks
- Review Changes Introduced by Migration from vRealize Automation 6.2.x to 7.x
- Set the vRealize Automation PostgreSQL Replication Mode to Asynchronous
- Change DoDeletes Setting on the vSphere Agent to False
- Prepare vRealize Automation Virtual Machines for Migration
- Gather Information Required for Migration
- Obtain the Encryption Key
- List Tenant and IaaS Administrators
- Add Each Tenant from the Source Environment
- Create an Administrator for Each Added Tenant
- Synchronize Users and Groups Before Migration to a Minimal Environment
- Synchronize Users and Groups Before Migration to a High-Availability Environment
- Run Data Collection in Source
- Manually Clone the Source Microsoft SQL Database
- Snapshot the Target Environment
- Migration Procedures
- Post-Migration Tasks
- Add Tenant and IaaS Administrators
- Set the vRealize Automation PostgreSQL Replication Mode to Synchronous
- Run Test Connection and Verify Migrated Endpoints
- Run Data Collection on Target
- Reconfigure Load Balancers After Migration
- Migrating an External vRealize Orchestrator Server to vRealize Automation 7.3
- Control Center Differences Between External and Embedded Orchestrator
- Migrate an External vRealize Orchestrator 6.x on Windows to vRealize Automation 7.3
- Migrate an External vRealize Orchestrator 6.x Virtual Appliance to vRealize Automation 7.3
- Migrate an External vRealize Orchestrator 7.x to vRealize Automation 7.3
- Configure the Built-In vRealize Orchestrator Server
- Migrate the Embedded vRealize Orchestrator Server
- Reconfigure the vRealize Automation Endpoint
- Reconfigure the vRealize Automation Infrastructure Endpoint
- Install vRealize Orchestrator Customization
- Reconfigure Embedded vRealize Orchestrator Endpoint
- Reconfigure the Azure Endpoint
- Migrate Automation Application Services
- Update Software Agent on Existing Virtual Machines
- Delete Original Target vRealize Automation IaaS Microsoft SQL Database
- Update Data Center Location Menu Contents After Migration
- Validate the Target vRealize Automation 7.3 Environment
- Troubleshooting Migration
- PostgreSQL Version Causes Error
- Some Virtual Machines Do Not Have a Deployment Created during Migration
- Load Balancer Configuration Causes Timeout for Long-Running Operations
- Migration Log Locations
- Catalog Items Appear in the Service Catalog After Migration But Are Not Available to Request
- Empty Deployments Are Seen in vRealize Automation After Migration
- XaaS Resource Mapping Named Deployment Is Missing After Migration
b Log in with the tenant administrator user name and password.
Procedure
1 Select Infrastructure > Managed Machines and verify that all the managed virtual machines are
present.
2 Click Compute Resources, select each endpoint, and click Data Collection, Request now, and
Refresh to verify that the endpoints are working.
3 Click Design, and on the Blueprints page, verify the elements of each blueprint.
4 Click XaaS and verify the contents of Custom Resources, Resource Mappings, XaaS Blueprints,
and Resource Actions.
5 Select Administration > Catalog Management and verify the contents of Services, Catalog Items,
Actions, and Entitlements.
6 Select Items > Deployments and verify the details for the provisioned virtual machines.
7 On the Deployments page, select a provisioned, powered off, virtual machine and select Actions >
Power On, click Submit, and click OK. Verify that the virtual machine powers on correctly.
8 Click Catalog and request a new catalog item.
9 On the General tab, enter the request information.
10 Click the Machine icon, accept all the default settings, click Submit, and click OK.
11 Verify that the request finishes successfully.
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