7.2

Download Virtual Appliance Updates for Use with a CD-ROM Drive
You can update your virtual appliance from an ISO le that the appliance reads from the virtual CD-ROM
drive. This is the preferred method.
You download the ISO le and set up the primary appliance to use this le to upgrade your appliance.
Prerequisites
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Back up your existing vRealize Automation environment.
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All CD-ROM drives you use in your upgrade must be enabled before you update a vRealize
Automation appliance. See the vSphere documentation center for information about adding a CD-ROM
drive to a virtual machine in the vSphere client.
Procedure
1 To download the update repository ISO le, go to the vRealize Automation product page at
www.vmware.com. Click vRealize Automation Download Resources to go to the VMware download
page.
2 Locate the downloaded le on your system to verify that the le size is the same as the le on the
VMware download page. Use the checksums provided on the download page to validate the integrity
of your downloaded le. For more information, see the links at the boom of the VMware download
page.
3 Verify that your primary virtual appliance is powered on.
4 Connect the CD-ROM drive for the primary virtual appliance to the ISO le you downloaded.
5 Go to the management console for your virtual appliance by using its fully qualied domain name,
hps://va-hostname.domain.name:5480.
6 Log in with the user name root and the password you specied when the appliance was deployed.
7 Click the Update tab.
8 Click .
9 Under Update Repository, select Use CDROM Updates.
10 Click Save .
Chapter 2 Preparing to Upgrade vRealize Automation 6.2.4 or 6.2.5
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