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Table Of Contents
- Upgrading from vRealize Automation 6.2 to 7.1
- Contents
- Upgrading to vRealize Automation 7.1
- Updated Information
- Upgrading vRealize Automation
- Checklist for Upgrading vRealize Automation Components
- 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
- Prerequisites for Upgrading vRealize Automation
- Preparing to Upgrade vRealize Automation
- Updating the vRealize Automation Appliance
- Upgrading the IaaS Server Components
- Upgrade Stand-Alone External vRealize Orchestrator for Use With vRealize Automation
- Upgrade External vRealize Orchestrator Appliance Clusters
- Add Users or Groups to an Active Directory Connection
- Enable Your Load Balancers
- Post-Upgrade Tasks for vRealize Automation
- Troubleshooting the Upgrade
- Migration of Identity Store Fails Because the Active Directory is...
- 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 Website Component During IaaS Upgrade
- Incorrect Tab Names Appear Intermittently
- Manager Service Fails to Run Due to SSL Validation Errors...
- Log In Fails After Upgrade
- Catalog Items Appear in the Service Catalog But Are Not...
- User Migration Batch Files Are Ineffective
- PostgreSQL External Database Merge is Unsuccessful
- Join Cluster Command Appears to Fail After Upgrading a High Availability Environment
- Increase Free Space on the Root Partition
- Manual PostgreSQL Database Merge
- Upgrade Fails to Upgrade the Management Agent or Certificate Not Installed on a IaaS Node
- Bad PostgreSQL Service State Stops Upgrade and Displays Error Message
- Backup Copies of .xml Files Cause the System to Time Out
- Index
Upgrading from vRealize Automation 6.2.x to 7.1
Upgrading from vRealize Automation 6.2.x to 7.1 tells you how to upgrade your vRealize Automation
environment to the latest 7.x release.
It also describes dierences between this release and the previous vRealize Automation release and
additional steps that you can perform to improve the upgrade.
N Not all features and capabilities of vRealize Automation are available in all editions. For a
comparison of feature sets in each edition, see hps://www.vmware.com/products/vrealize-automation/.
This information is intended for experienced Windows or Linux system administrators who are familiar
with virtual machine technology and datacenter operations. As used in this guide, vRealize Automation 7.0
includes vRealize Automation 7 point releases and subsequent hot xes.
VMware Technical Publications Glossary
VMware Technical Publications provides a glossary of terms that might be unfamiliar to you. For denitions
of terms as they are used in VMware technical documentation, go to
hp://www.vmware.com/support/pubs.
Updated Information
This Upgrading vRealize Automation guide is updated with each release of the product or when necessary.
This table provides the update history of the Upgrading vRealize Automation guide.
Revision Description
EN-002177-03
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Revised “Bad PostgreSQL Service State Stops Upgrade and Displays Error Message,” on page 50 in
“Troubleshooting the Upgrade,” on page 42 for additional Bug 1724596 revision.
EN-002177-02
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Revised “Bad PostgreSQL Service State Stops Upgrade and Displays Error Message,” on page 50 in
“Troubleshooting the Upgrade,” on page 42 for Bug 1724596 revision.
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Added “Backup Copies of .xml Files Cause the System to Time Out,” on page 51 to
“Troubleshooting the Upgrade,” on page 42 for Bug 1716108.
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