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6 If you use security servers, upgrade each security server and its paired View Connection Server
instance. If you upgrade these pairs one by one, removing each security server from the load-balanced
group, upgrading the pair, and then adding the security server back to the group, you can achieve zero
downtime. See “Upgrade View Security Servers and Their Paired View Connection Servers,” on
page 36.
7 Upgrade the group policies used in Active Directory. See “Using View Group Policy Administrative
Template Files,” on page 43.
8 If you are also upgrading VMware vSphere components, upgrade vCenter Server. See “Upgrade
vCenter Server,” on page 42.
9 If you are also upgrading vSphere, upgrade the VMware
®
ESXi™ hosts and virtual machines. See
Chapter 6, “Upgrade ESXi Hosts and Their Virtual Machines,” on page 45.
10 If you currently use Windows Terminal Services servers as desktop sources, upgrade to Windows
Server 2008 R2 or later and verify that the RDS Host role is installed. See “Upgrade RDS Hosts That
Provide Session-Based Desktops,” on page 47
11 Upgrade the Horizon™ View Agent™ software that runs on the physical or virtual machines that are
used as desktop sources, as full-clone desktops in a pool, and as individual desktops in a manual pool.
See “Upgrade View Agent,” on page 48.
12 Use the newly upgraded virtual machine desktop sources to create upgraded pools of desktops. See
“Upgrade View Composer Desktop Pools,” on page 50.
13 Upgrade the Horizon Client software that runs on end users' client devices. See “Upgrade the Client
Application,” on page 51.
14 If you use the Cloud Pod Architecture feature, see “Upgrading View Servers in a Cloud Pod
Architecture,” on page 42.
Because certain commands can simultaneously upgrade more than one stage, VMware recommends that
you thoroughly understand the irreversible changes at each stage before you upgrade your production
environments.
IMPORTANT The VMware View
®
Client with Local Mode feature, for using offline desktops, has been
removed, and therefore this overview does not include steps for upgrading View Transfer Server instances
and View Client with Local Mode. In place of the Local Mode feature, VMware recommends using
VMware
®
Mirage™, which is included with VMware Horizon 6.0 and later releases. For more information,
see the View Release Notes, available at https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/view_pubs.html.
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