You can upgrade your vRealize Orchestrator 8.0.1 deployment to the latest product version by using a mounted ISO image. Upgrading vRealize Orchestrator 7.x or earlier to vRealize Orchestrator 8.x is not supported.

Prerequisites

Download and mount the ISO image:
  1. Download the ISO image from the official VMware download site.
  2. Connect the CD-ROM drive of the vRealize Orchestrator Appliance virtual machine in vSphere. See the vSphere Virtual Machine Administration documentation.
    Note: After connecting the CD-ROM drive, navigate to your vRealize Orchestrator Appliance VM settings page and verify that Connect At Power On is enabled.
  3. Mount the ISO image to the CD-ROM drive of the vRealize Orchestrator Appliance virtual machine in vSphere. See the vSphere Virtual Machine Administration documentation.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the vRealize Orchestrator Appliance command line as root.
  2. Run the blkid command, and note the device name for the vRealize Orchestrator Appliance CD-ROM drive.
  3. Mount the CD-ROM drive. 
    mount /dev/xxx /mnt/cdrom
    Important: For clustered vRealize Orchestrator deployments, you must perform steps 2 and 3 on all nodes in the cluster.
  4. Back up your vRealize Orchestrator deployment by taking a virtual machine (VM) snapshot. See Taking a Snapshot.
    Caution: vRealize Orchestrator 8.x does not currently support memory snapshots. Before taking the snapshot of your vRealize Orchestrator deployment, verify that the Snapshot the virtual machine’s memory option is disabled.
  5. To finish the upgrade, run the vracli upgrade exec -y --profile lcm --repo cdrom:// command on one of the nodes in your deployment.

Results

You have upgraded your vRealize Orchestrator deployment.