7.1
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
Revision Description
EN-002177-01
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Revised “Upgrading vRealize Automation,” on page 6 to add updated vRealize Automation
Upgrade Assistance Program information.
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Restored “(Optional) Upgrade the SQL Database Manually,” on page 30 as a workaround if upgrade
of Microsoft SQL database is unsuccessful.
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Revised procedure “Upgrade External vRealize Orchestrator Appliance Clusters,” on page 37 to
include changes to upgrade process for clustered environments.
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Added “Upgrade Fails to Upgrade the Management Agent or Certicate Not Installed on a IaaS
Node,” on page 50 to “Troubleshooting the Upgrade,” on page 42 to include troubleshooting tasks
to resolve upgrade issues.
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Added “Bad PostgreSQL Service State Stops Upgrade and Displays Error Message,” on page 50 to
“Troubleshooting the Upgrade,” on page 42 for Bug 1724596.
EN-002177-00 Initial release.
Upgrading vRealize Automation
You can perform an in-place upgrade of your current vRealize Automation environment to 7.1 using
upgrade.
Upgrade is a multi-stage process in which you perform procedures in a particular order on the various
components in your current environment. You must upgrade all product components to the same version.
N New vRealize Automation features introduce several enhancements along with the ability to
upgrade or migrate to the new version. For recommendations and guidance before you begin the upgrade
process, visit the vRealize Automation Upgrade Assistance Program web page at
hp://www.vmware.com/products/vrealize-automation/upgrade-center before you begin the upgrade
process.
To nd out the considerations for the upgrade process, see “Considerations About Upgrading to This
vRealize Automation Version,” on page 9.
Locate your current vRealize Automation version in the table and use the documents on the right to perform
an in-place upgrade of your vRealize Automation environment to the latest version. You can nd links to
the documentation for all versions of vCloud Automation Center and vRealize Automation at
hps://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vcac-pubs.html.
N If you have customized your vRealize Automation 6.2.x deployment, contact your CCE support sta
for additional information about upgrade considerations.
N To avoid a known issue when upgrading from vRealize Automation 6.2.0, perform the following step
sequence on every IaaS Web site node, before you start the upgrade procedure. This issue aects 6.2.0 only.
Other 6.2.x versions are not aected.
1 Open Notepad with Administrative rights.
2 Open the following le:
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\vCAC\Server\Model Manager Web\web.config
3 Locate the following statement in the le:
<!-- add key="DisableMessageSignatureCheck" value="false"-->
4 Uncomment the statement and change the value from false to true.
<add key="DisableMessageSignatureCheck" value="true" />
Upgrading from vRealize Automation 6.2 to 7.1
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