If you have already installed vRealize Operations Manager, you can update your software when a newer version becomes available.
Note:
Installation might take several minutes or even a couple hours depending on the size and type of your clusters and nodes.
Prerequisites
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Create a snapshot of each node in your cluster. See Create a Snapshot as Part of an Update for details.
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Obtain the PAK file for your cluster. See Obtain the Software Update PAK File for details.
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Before you install the PAK file, or upgrade your vRealize Operations Manager instance, clone any customized content to preserve it. Customized content can include alert definitions, symptom definitions, recommendations, and views. Then, during the software update, you select the options named Install the PAK file even if it is already installed and Reset out-of-the-box content.
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The version 6.2.1 vRealize Operations Manager update operation has a validation process that identifies issues before you start to update your software. Although it is good practice to run the pre-update check and resolve any issues found, users who have environmental constraints can disable this validation check.
To disable the pre-update validation check, perform the following steps:
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Edit the update file to/storage/db/pakRepoLocal/bypass_prechecks_vRealizeOperationsManagerEnterprise-buildnumberofupdate.json.
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Change the value to TRUE and run the update.
Note:If you disable the validation, you might encounter blocking failures during the update itself.
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Procedure
What to do next
Delete the snapshots you made before the software update.
Multiple snapshots can degrade performance, so delete your pre-update snapshots after the software update completes.
