7.2
Table Of Contents
- Upgrading from vRealize Automation 6.2.4 or 6.2.5 to 7.2
- Contents
- Updated Information
- vRealize Automation 6.2.4 or 6.2.5 Prerequisites, Considerations, and Process
- Prerequisites for Upgrading from vRealize Automation 6.2.4 or 6.2.5
- Considerations About Upgrading to This vRealize Automation Version
- Upgrade and Identity Appliance Specifications
- Upgrade and Licensing
- Understanding How Roles Are Upgraded
- Understanding How Blueprints Are Upgraded
- Upgrade and vApp Blueprints, vCloud Endpoints, and vCloud Reservations
- Understanding How Multi-Machine Blueprints Are Upgraded
- Upgrade and Physical Endpoints, Reservations, and Blueprints
- Upgrade and Network Profile Settings
- Upgrade and Entitled Actions
- Upgrade and Custom Properties
- Upgrade and Application Services
- Upgrade and Advanced Service Design
- Upgrade and Blueprint Cost Information
- Checklist for Upgrading vRealize Automation 6.2.4 or 6.2.5
- Preparing to Upgrade vRealize Automation 6.2.4 or 6.2.5
- Updating the vRealize Automation 6.2.4 or 6.2.5 Appliance
- Upgrading the IaaS Server Components After Upgrading vRealize Automation 6.x to 7.2
- Updating vRealize Orchestrator After Upgrading from vRealize Automation 6.x to 7.2
- Add Users or Groups to an Active Directory Connection
- Enable Your Load Balancers
- Post-Upgrade Tasks for Upgrading vRealize Automation 6.2.4 or 6.2.5
- Port Configuration for High-Availability Deployments
- Enabling the Connect to Remote Console Action for Consumers
- Restore External Workflow Timeout Files
- Verify That vRealize Orchestrator Service Is Available
- Restore Embedded vRealize Orchestrator Endpoint
- Restore Changes to Logging in the app.config File
- Troubleshooting the vRealize Automation 6.2.4 or 6.2.5 Upgrade
- Migration of Identity Store Fails Because the Active Directory is not Synchronized
- Migration of Identity Store Fails Because of Incorrect Credentials
- Migration of Identity Store Fails With a Timeout Error Message
- Installation or Upgrade Fails with a Load Balancer Timeout Error
- Upgrade Fails for IaaS Website Component
- Manager Service Fails to Run Due to SSL Validation Errors During Runtime
- Log In Fails After Upgrade
- Catalog Items Appear in the Service Catalog But Are Not Available to Request
- User Migration Batch Files Are Ineffective
- PostgreSQL External Database Merge Is Unsuccessful
- Join Cluster Command Appears to Fail After Upgrading a High-Availability Environment
- Upgrade Is Unsuccessful if Root Partition Does Not Provide Sufficient Free Space
- Backup Copies of .xml Files Cause the System to Time Out
- Delete Orphaned Nodes on vRealize Automation
- Upgrade Fails to Upgrade the Management Agent or Certificate Not Installed on a IaaS Node
- Unable to Create New Directory in vRealize Automation
- Index
Updating the vRealize Automation
6.2.4 or 6.2.5 Appliance 3
After you complete the upgrade prerequisites and download the virtual appliance update, you install
updates and recongure some seings for the primary vRealize Automation appliance node.
After you upgrade the primary vRealize Automation appliance node, you upgrade the other nodes in your
environment in the following order:
1 Each secondary vRealize Automation appliance
2 The IaaS Website
3 IaaS Manager Service
4 IaaS DEM
5 IaaS Agent
6 Upgrade or migrate each external vRealize Orchestrator instance
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Install the Update on the vRealize Automation 6.2.4 or 6.2.5 Appliance,” on page 25
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“Update Your Single Sign-On Password for VMware Identity Manager,” on page 27
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“Update the License Key,” on page 28
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“Migrate Identity Stores to the VMware Identity Manager,” on page 28
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“Install the Update on Additional vRealize Automation 6.2.4 or 6.2.5 Appliances,” on page 33
Install the Update on the vRealize Automation 6.2.4 or 6.2.5 Appliance
You install the VMware vRealize ™ Automation 7.2 update on the vRealize Automation 6.2.4 or 6.2.5
appliance and congure appliance seings.
Support for a PostgreSQL external database is discontinued beginning with vRealize Automation 7.1. The
upgrade process merges the data from an existing PostgreSQL external database with the PostgreSQL
internal database that is part of the vRealize Automation appliance.
Details regarding the data collected through CEIP and the purposes for which it is used by VMware are set
forth at the Trust & Assurance Center at hp://www.vmware.com/trustvmware/ceip.html.
Do not close the management console while you install the update.
If you encounter any problems during the upgrade process, see Chapter 9, “Troubleshooting the vRealize
Automation 6.2.4 or 6.2.5 Upgrade,” on page 55.
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