Upgrades
Table Of Contents
- View Upgrades
- Contents
- View Upgrades
- Component Compatibility Matrix
- View Upgrade Overview
- System Requirements for Upgrades
- Preparing for a View Upgrade
- Upgrading View Server Components
- Upgrade View Composer
- Upgrade View Connection Servers in a Replicated Group
- Upgrade View Security Servers and Their Paired View Connection Servers
- Upgrading View Servers in a Cloud Pod Architecture
- Upgrade vCenter Server
- Using View Group Policy Administrative Template Files
- Upgrade ESXi Hosts and Their Virtual Machines
- Upgrading Remote Desktops and Horizon Client
- Post-Upgrade Tasks to Enable New Features in Your View Setup
- Applying View Patches
- Upgrading vSphere Components Separately in a View Environment
- Index
Upgrading View Server Components 5
The server components that you must upgrade include View Connection Server, replicated servers, and
security servers. Depending on the optional components you use, you might also need to upgrade
View Composer.
If you spread the upgrade tasks across multiple maintenance windows, you can verify success or discover
issues at each phase of the process. VMware recommends upgrading all server components during the first
maintenance window.
NOTE The Local Mode feature for Horizon Client has been removed, and therefore View Transfer Server
instances are no longer required. In place of the Local Mode feature, VMware recommends using 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.
During an upgrade, View does not support View Composer provisioning and maintenance operations.
Operations such as provisioning and recomposing linked-clone desktops are not supported during the
transitional period when any View servers are still running the earlier version. You can successfully perform
these operations only when all instances of View Connection Server and View Composer have been
upgraded.
For View patch releases, see Chapter 9, “Applying View Patches,” on page 63.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Upgrade View Composer,” on page 25
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“Upgrade View Connection Servers in a Replicated Group,” on page 34
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“Upgrade View Security Servers and Their Paired View Connection Servers,” on page 36
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“Upgrading View Servers in a Cloud Pod Architecture,” on page 42
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“Upgrade vCenter Server,” on page 42
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“Using View Group Policy Administrative Template Files,” on page 43
Upgrade View Composer
During the first maintenance window, you will upgrade View Composer. Operations such as provisioning
and recomposing linked-clone desktops are not supported until all View servers are upgraded.
Prerequisites
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Determine when to perform this procedure. Choose an available desktop maintenance window. Budget
15 minutes to half an hour for each instance.
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Complete the tasks listed in “Preparing for Upgrades of View Composer Only,” on page 22.
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