You can upgrade your Automation Orchestrator 8.x or later deployment to the latest product version by using a mounted ISO image. Upgrading Automation Orchestrator 7.x or earlier to Automation Orchestrator 8.x is not supported.
Prerequisites
- Verify that your Automation Orchestrator upgrade path is supported. See the VMware Product Interoperability Matrix.
- Download and mount the ISO image:
- Download the ISO image from the official VMware download site.
- Connect the CD-ROM drive of the Automation Orchestrator Appliance virtual machine in vSphere. See the vSphere Virtual Machine Administration documentation.
Note: After connecting the CD-ROM drive, navigate to your Automation Orchestrator Appliance VM settings page and verify that Connect At Power On is enabled.
- Mount the ISO image to the CD-ROM drive of the Automation Orchestrator Appliance virtual machine in vSphere. See the vSphere Virtual Machine Administration documentation.
- Before upgrading Automation Orchestrator deployments authenticated with VMware Aria Automation, verify that the VMware Aria Automation product version matches the version of Automation Orchestrator you are upgrading to. For example, if you are upgrading to Automation Orchestrator 8.9, you must verify you are using VMware Aria Automation 8.9 as a authentication provider.
- If you are upgrading Automation Orchestrator from a version older than 8.8, you might have to activate basic authentication. For more information, go to Activate Basic Authentication.
Procedure
Results
What to do next
Validate that the Automation Orchestrator Appliance upgrade was successful by running the vracli version command in the command line of the appliance. By running this command, you can validate the product version and build number of the Automation Orchestrator Appliance.