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Migration Prerequisites 2
The migration prerequisites differ depending on your target environment.
You can migrate to a minimal environment or to a high-availability environment.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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Prerequisites for Migration to a Minimal Environment
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Prerequisites for Migration to a High-Availability Environment
Prerequisites for Migration to a Minimal Environment
Ensure a successful migration to a minimal environment by reviewing these prerequisites.
Prerequisites
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Verify that you have a new target environment of vRealize Automation.
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Install relevant proxy agents on the target environment according to these requirements.
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Target proxy agent name must match the source proxy agent name for vSphere, Hyper-V, Citrix
XenServer, and Test proxy agents.
Note Finish these steps to obtain an agent name.
1 Go to the agent installation directory on the IaaS node.
2 Open the VRMAgent.exe.config file.
3 Under the serviceConfiguration tag, look for the value of the agentName attribute.
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Target proxy agent endpoint name must match the source proxy agent endpoint name for
vSphere, Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer, and Test proxy agents.
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Do not create an endpoint for vSphere, Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer, or Test proxy agents on the
target environment.
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Review the version numbers of vRealize Automation components.
a In your target vRealize Automation 7.3 environment, start a browser. Go to the vRealize
Automation appliance management console at https://vra-va-hostname.domain.name:5480.
b Log in with the user name root and the password you entered when you deployed the appliance.
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