Configuring the external vPostgres DB in HA for the vRealize Automation CAFÉ appliance

It is recommended that you use an external instance of the vPostgres database for the CAFÉ appliance in a high availability (HA) environment. However, since the release of VMware vRealize Automation standalone, VMware vFabric Postgres is the end of availability and is no longer available as a standalone product. To address customers' needs, VMware developed a way to utilize the database instance located in the VMware vRealize Automation appliance in HA mode without having to incur additional licensing.

The following steps are clearly documented at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2108923. We will follow exactly the same steps given here, with some screenshots for ease ...

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