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Migrating vRealize Automation 1
You can perform a side-by-side upgrade of your current vRealize Automation environment using
migration.
Migration moves all data, except for tenants and identity stores, from your current vRealize Automation
source environment to a target deployment of the latest version of vRealize Automation. In addition,
migration moves all data from the embedded vRealize Orchestrator 7.x to the target deployment.
Migration does not change your source environment except to stop vRealize Automation services for the
time required to collect and copy the data safely to your target environment. Depending on the size of the
source vRealize Automation database, migration can take from a few minutes to hours.
You can migrate your source environment to a minimal deployment or a high-availability deployment.
If you plan to put your target environment into production after migration, do not put your source
environment back into service. Changes to your source environment after migration are not synchronized
with your target environment.
If your source environment is integrated with vCloud Air or vCloud Director or has physical endpoints, you
must use migration to perform an upgrade. Migration removes these endpoints and everything associated
with them from the target environment. Migration also removes a 6.x
VMware vRealize Application Services integration from the target environment.
Note You must complete additional tasks to prepare your vRealize Automation virtual machines before
you migrate. Before you migrate, review Knowledge Base article 51531.
If you migrate from vRealize Automation 6.2.x to the latest version, you might experience these issues.
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