7.2
Table Of Contents
- Upgrading vRealize Automation 7.0 or 7.0.1 to 7.2
- Contents
- Updated Information
- vRealize Automation 7.0 or 7.0.1 Upgrade Prerequisites and Process
- Preparing to Upgrade vRealize Automation 7.0 or 7.0.1
- Updating the vRealize Automation 7.0 or 7.0.1 Appliance
- Upgrading the IaaS Server Components After Upgrading vRealize Automation 7.0 or 7.0.1 to 7.2
- Updating vRealize Orchestrator After Upgrading from vRealize Automation 7.0 or 7.0.1 to 7.2
- Add Users or Groups to an Active Directory Connection
- Enable Your Load Balancers
- Post-Upgrade Tasks for Upgrading vRealize Automation 7.0 or 7.0.1
- Troubleshooting the vRealize Automation 7.0 or 7.0.1 Upgrade
- 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
- IaaS Windows Services Fail to Stop
- PostgreSQL External Database Merge Is Unsuccessful
- Delete Orphaned Nodes on vRealize Automation
- Join Cluster Command Appears to Fail After Upgrading a High-Availability Environment
- Upgrade Is Unsuccessful if Root Partition Does Not Provide Sufficient Free Space
- Management Agent Upgrade is Unsuccessful
- Upgrade Fails to Upgrade the Management Agent or Certificate Not Installed on a IaaS Node
- Backup Copies of .xml Files Cause the System to Time Out
- Exclude Management Agents from Upgrade
- Unable to Create New Directory in vRealize Automation
- Index
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If you are upgrading vRealize Automation 7.0.1, see “Downloading vRealize Automation Appliance
Updates,” on page 14.
Increase vCenter Server Hardware Resources for vRealize Automation
7.0
Before you upgrade from vRealize Automation7.0, you must increase hardware resources for each
VMware vRealize ™ Automation appliance.
After you take a snapshot of each vRealize Automation appliance, you must clone each appliance and
increase the hardware resources on each clone. Ensure that you have at least 60 GB of free space on each
appliance in your VMware vCenter Server ™. After you clone your appliances, power o the original
appliances before you perform this procedure on each appliance clone.
Prerequisites
“Back Up Your Existing vRealize Automation 7.0 or 7.0.1 Environment,” on page 12
Procedure
1 Log in to vCenter Server.
2 Right-click the cloned vRealize Automation appliance icon and select Edit .
3 Extend the size of Disk 1 to 50 GB.
a Select Disk 1.
b Change the size to 50 GB.
c Click OK.
4 Create a snapshot of the virtual machine.
What to do next
“Power On the System,” on page 13
Power On the System
After you increase the vCenter hardware resources for upgrade, you power on the system before you
upgrade vRealize Automation 7.0 .
Prerequisites
“Increase vCenter Server Hardware Resources for vRealize Automation 7.0,” on page 13
Procedure
1 Power on the system. See Start Up vRealize Automation in Managing vRealize Automation.
If you have a high availability environment, perform these steps to power on your virtual appliances.
a Power on the virtual appliance that you powered o last.
b Wait one minute.
c Power on the remaining virtual appliances.
2 Log in to each vRealize Automation appliance management console and verify that the system is fully
functional.
a Click Services.
b Verify that each service is REGISTERED.
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