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Software architect. Creates and manages Software components.
In vRealize Automation 7, tenant administrators and business group managers cannot design blueprints by
default. Upgraded tenant administrators and business group managers are given the infrastructure architect
role.
All users with the ability to recongure a machine in the vRealize Automation 6.2 source version are
authorized to change machine ownership after upgrading to this vRealize Automation version.
The following role assignments are made during the upgrade. Roles that are not listed in the table are
upgraded to the same role name in the target deployment.
Table 1‑1. Roles Assigned During Upgrade
Role in Source Deployment Role in Target Deployment
Tenant administrator Tenant administrator and Infrastructure architect
Business group manager Business group manager and Infrastructure architect
Service architect XaaS architect
Application architect Software architect
For more information about tenant roles, see Foundations and Concepts.
Understanding How Blueprints Are Upgraded
As a rule, published blueprints are upgraded as published blueprints.
However, there are exceptions to that rule. Multi-machine blueprints are upgraded as composite blueprints
that contain blueprint components. Multi-machine blueprints that contain unsupported seings are
upgraded as unpublished.
For related information see “Upgrade and vApp Blueprints, vCloud Endpoints, and vCloud Reservations,”
on page 10 and “Understanding How Multi-Machine Blueprints Are Upgraded,” on page 11.
Upgrade and vApp Blueprints, vCloud Endpoints, and vCloud Reservations
You cannot upgrade a deployment that contains vApp (vCloud) endpoints. The presence of endpoints of
type vApp (vCloud) prevent upgrade to vRealize Automation 7.2.
When upgrade encounters a vApp (vCloud) endpoint in the source deployment, upgrade fails on the master
virtual appliance and reports a message in the user interface and log. You can determine if your source
deployment contains vApp (vCloud) endpoint by logging in to vRealize Automation with Iaas
Administrator privileges, selecting Infrastructure > Endponts and noting the platform type value in the
Endpoints list. If the list contains endpoints of platform type vApp (vCloud), upgrade to 7.2 is not
supported.
Managed vApps for vCloud Air or vCloud Director resources are not supported in the target
vRealize Automation deployment.
N A known issue exists where the following deprecated approval policy types appear in the list of
available approval policy types after upgrade is nished. These policy types are unusable.
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Service Catalog - Catalog Item Request - vApp
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Service Catalog - Catalog Item Request - vApp Component
You can create vCloud Air and vCloud Director endpoints and reservations in the target deployment. You
can also create blueprints that contain vCloud Air or vCloud Director machine components.
Upgrading from vRealize Automation 6.2.4 or 6.2.5 to 7.2
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