7.1

Migrating a vRealize Automation
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You can perform a side-by-side upgrade of your current vRealize Automation 6.2.x environment using
migration.
Migration moves the data in your current vRealize Automation 6.2.x environment to a new 7.1 environment
that mirrors your current environment. Migration does not change your current 6.2.x environment. You
cannot use migration to upgrade a vRealize Automation 7 or 7.0.1 environment to 7.1. If your current
environment is integrated with vCloud Director, vCloud Air or has physical endpoints, you must use
migration to upgrade. Migration removes all unsupported endpoints and everything associated with them
in the 7.1 environment.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Migration Prerequisites,” on page 7
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“Migrate a vRealize Automation Environment with an IaaS Database Backup,” on page 9
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“Migrate a vRealize Automation Deployment with Automatic IaaS Database Cloning,” on page 12
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“Post-Migration Task for Environments with an Internal vRealize Orchestrator,” on page 14
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“Validate the vRealize Automation Migrated Environment,” on page 16
Migration Prerequisites
Review these prerequisites before you perform migration.
You have two options for migrating tenants and identity stores. The option you choose depends on whether
you enable or disable Enable SSO2 migration on the Migration tab of the vRealize Automation
management console.
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If Enable SSO2 migration is selected, migration automatically moves vRealize Automation 6.2.x
tenants and identity stores to Horizon .
If you choose this option, you must rst perform one of the following procedures before running
migration: “Prepare to Migrate Tenants and Identity Stores for Linux,” on page 8 or “Prepare to
Migrate Tenants and Identity Stores for Windows,” on page 9.
N The selected Enable SSO2 migration option does not support vSphere SSO. If you plan to
migrate from vSphere SSO, use the deselected Enable SSO2 migration option.
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If Enable SSO2 migration is deselected, you manually migrate tenants and identity stores using the
procedures for an in-place upgrade before you run migration. See "Migrate Identity Stores to the
VMware Identity Manager" in Upgrading from vRealize Automation 6.2 to 7.1.
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