7.1

Upgrade and Identity Appliance Specifications
You congure identity appliance upgrade information in response to prompts that are generated by the
vRealize Automation upgrade executable.
The target deployment uses the VMware Identity Manager.
Upgrade and Licensing
During the upgrade, your existing vRealize Automation 6.x licenses, and any vCloud Suite 6.x licenses that
you have, are removed. You must reenter your licenses in the vRealize Automation 7 vRealize Automation
appliance.
You now use vRealize Automation licensing for virtual appliances and IaaS by entering license key
information in the vRealize Automation appliance. Licensing information is no longer available in the IaaS
user interface and IaaS no longer performs licensing checks. Endpoints and quotas are enforced through the
end-user license agreements (EULAs).
N Write down your vCloud Suite 6.x license key if you used it for vRealize Automation 6.2.x before the
upgrade. Upon upgrade, existing license keys are removed from the database.
For more information about re-entering your license information during or after upgrade, see “Update the
License Key,” on page 24 .
Understanding How Roles Are Upgraded
When you upgrade vRealize Automation, your organization's existing role assignments are maintained. The
upgrade also creates some role assignments to support additional blueprint architect roles.
The following architect roles are used to support the blueprint denition in the design canvas:
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Application architect. Assembles existing components and blueprints to create composite blueprints.
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Infrastructure architect. Creates and manages machine blueprints.
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XaaS architect. Creates and manages XaaS blueprints.
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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 5. 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.
Upgrading from vRealize Automation 6.2 to 7.1
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