Upgrade

Perform an upgrade

Create Backup and Restore

It is recommended to take a backup of everything prior to an upgrade in the event a rollback is required

  • Take a snapshot of vRA
  • Take a snapshot of vRO
  • Export all SovLabs vRO Custom Resources created by customer in a vRO package

Please refer to our Backup and Restore from vRO Package PDF


Download the SovLabs Plug-in

A download link to the SovLabs Plug-in along with a license key will be provided in an email


Upgrade the SovLabs Plugin

# Step Location Notes
3 Install SovLabs Plugin vRO Control Center  

Steps

1. Login to the vRO Control Center as user root: https://[vRO-FQDN]:8283/vco-controlcenter/#/

Note: If it says page is unavailable (503 error) - Please start the Service manually.

  1. Built-in vRO: Browse to the vRA VAMI > Orchestrator > Orchestrator User Interface > Start.
  2. Stand-alone vRO: SSH to the vRO appliance. Run service vco-configurator start as root. Wait a couple minutes for the service to start.

2. Validate the Cluster Health by clicking on Validate Configuration and letting the checks Complete.

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3. Click on the Manage Plug-Ins icon

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4. In the Install plug-in section, browse for the SovLabs Plugin file (o11nplugin-sovlabs.vmoapp)

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5. Select the SovLabs plugin file (o11nplugin-sovlabs.vmoapp) to upload

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6. Click on Install

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7. Accept the EULA and click on Install

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8. Successful plugin install message will appear

Upgrade-Step 8 Screenshot

9. Restart the vRO server

  1. On the Home page, click on the Startup Options icon and click on Restart
  2. Optionally, SSH to the vRO appliance and type in:
 
service vco-server restart

Wait for vRO to restart successfully

10. Login again to the vRO Control Center and validate Cluster Health (See Step 2 above)

11. Click on the Manage Plug-Ins icon

12. Verify that the SovLabs Plugin successfully upgraded and is listed among the installed vRO plugins

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13. Restart vRA Appliance(s) (Typically 10-15 minutes for Services to all ‘Register’ in the VAMI)

Note: Restart vRA/vRO is necessary during a new install or else the SovLabs ‘types’ defined in our plugin will not be available and cause the Configuration Workflow to fail.


If Using Clustered vRO

  1. Install the plugin on one appliance first
  2. Restart the vRO service on that appliance
  3. Wait until the vRO service is completely up in vRO Cluster Manager
  4. The configurations should automatically sync

Configure the SovLabs Plugin

# Step Location Notes
3.1 Run the SovLabs Configuration workflow vRO client  

1. Login to the vRO client

2. In the Workflows tab, go to SovLabs > Configuration folder and expand it

3. Right-click on the SovLabs Configuration workflow and click Start Workflow

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In the SovLabs Configuration workflow form wizard:

4. Accept the EULA and click Next

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5. In Service and Content section of the form:

Field Value Note
vRA Tenant Name Choose the appropriate tenant The drop-down may contain multiple tenants
Business Group Name Choose the sovlabs Business Group Step 1.3
Create SovLabs vRA Catalog Service No  
Publish License Content Yes  

6. Click Next

7. In the Upgrade Options section of the form:

Field Value Note
Upgrade existing SovLabs vRA Content Yes  
Upgrade SovLabs F5Config-default RESTipe? Yes Selecting yes will override the F5Config-default RESTipe with the latest RESTipe from source

8. Click Next

9. In the Install/Update section of the form:

Field Value Note
Install or Update SovLabs Workflow Subscriptions Yes  
All SovLabs vRA Event Broker Subscriptions are removed and regenerated as part of the upgrade process. Any adjustments to the priority codes for the SovLabs EBS post install will need to re-adjusted after an upgrade.
Upgrade - Configure SovLabs Step 9 Screenshot

10. Click Submit

If the SovLabs Configuration workflow fails when executed.
Check the vRO Logs for the error message 'Please reboot the VMware vRealize Automation Appliance and try re-running the SovLabs Configuration workflow again.' or 'THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN'(legacy).

1. Fix is to reboot vRA appliances - wait for services to Register in VAMI (10-15 minutes).

2. Re-run SovLabs Configuration Workflow. (This is caused by failing to reboot vRO/vRA in the previous section)


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