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Table Of Contents
- Upgrading from vRealize Automation 7.1, 7.2 to 7.3 or 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 to 7.3.1
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- Updated Information
- Upgrading vRealize Automation 7.1, 7.2 to 7.3 or 7.1, 7.2 ,7.3 to 7.3.1
- Upgrading VMware Products Integrated with vRealize Automation
- Preparing to Upgrade vRealize Automation
- Run NSX Network and Security Inventory Data Collection Before You Upgrade vRealize Automation
- Backup Prerequisites for Upgrading vRealize Automation
- Back Up Your Existing vRealize Automation Environment
- Set the vRealize Automation PostgreSQL Replication Mode to Asynchronous
- Downloading vRealize Automation Appliance Updates
- Updating the vRealize Automation Appliance and IaaS Components
- Upgrading the IaaS Server Components Separately If the Update Process Fails
- Upgrading vRealize Orchestrator After Upgrading vRealize Automation
- Enable Your Load Balancers
- Post-Upgrade Tasks
- Set the vRealize Automation PostgreSQL Replication Mode to Synchronous
- Run Test Connection and Verify Upgraded Endpoints
- Run NSX Network and Security Inventory Data Collection After You Upgrade vRealize Automation
- Join Replica Appliance to Cluster
- Port Configuration for High-Availability Deployments
- Reconfigure Built-In vRealize Orchestrator for High Availability
- Restore External Workflow Timeout Files
- Enabling the Connect to Remote Console Action for Consumers
- Restore Changes to Logging in the app.config File
- Enable Automatic Manager Service Failover After Upgrade
- Troubleshooting the vRealize Automation Upgrade
- Automatic Manager Service Failover Does Not Activate
- 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
- Delete Orphaned Nodes on vRealize Automation
- Join Cluster Command Appears to Fail After Upgrading a High-Availability Environment
- PostgreSQL Database Upgrade Merge Does Not Succeed
- Replica vRealize Automation Appliance Fails to Update
- Backup Copies of .xml Files Cause the System to Time Out
- Exclude Management Agents from Upgrade
- Unable to Create New Directory in vRealize Automation
- vRealize Automation Replica Virtual Appliance Update Times Out
- Some Virtual Machines Do Not Have a Deployment Created During Upgrade
- Certificate Not Trusted Error
- Installing or Upgrading vRealize Automation Fails
- Unable to Update DEM and DEO Components
- Update Fails to Upgrade the Management Agent
- Management Agent Upgrade is Unsuccessful
- Empty Deployments Are Seen in vRealize Automation After Upgrade
- After Rebooting the Virtual Appliance, Automatic IaaS Upgrade Fails and Displays Pending Reboot Error
- IaaS Repository Application Fails
- Upgrading IaaS in a High Availability Environment Fails
Upgrading vRealize Automation
7.1, 7.2 to 7.3 or 7.1, 7.2 ,7.3 to
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You can upgrade of your current vRealize Automation 7.1 or 7.2 environment to 7.3. You can also
upgrade your current vRealize Automation 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 environment to 7.3.1. You use upgrade
procedures specific to this version to upgrade your environment.
An in-place upgrade is a three-stage process. You upgrade the components in your current environment
in this order.
1 vRealize Automation appliance
2 IaaS web server
3 vRealize Orchestrator
You must upgrade all product components to the same version.
Beginning with vRealize Automation 7.2, JFrog Artifactory Pro is no longer bundled with the
vRealize Automation appliance. If you upgrade from an earlier version of vRealize Automation, the
upgrade process removes JFrog Artifactory Pro. For more information, see Knowledge Base 2147237.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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Prerequisites for Upgrading vRealize Automation
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Checklist for Upgrading vRealize Automation
Prerequisites for Upgrading vRealize Automation
Before you upgrade vRealize Automation 7.1, 7.2 to 7.3 or 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 to 7.3.1, review the following
prerequisites.
System Configuration Requirements
Verify that the following prerequisites are finished before you begin an upgrade.
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Verify that all appliances and servers that are part of your deployment meet the system requirements
for the latest version. See the vRealize Automation Support Matrix at VMware vRealize Automation
Documentation.
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Consult the VMware Product Interoperability Matrix on the VMware website for information about
compatibility with other VMware products.
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