Upgrades

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Verify that the server on which View Composer is installed has a CA (certificate authority)-signed SSL
server certificate installed and configured. After you upgrade View Connection Server, if View
Composer does not use a CA-signed certificate, the default self-signed certificate is shown as invalid in
View Administrator.
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Verify that you have a domain user account with administrative privileges on the hosts that you will
use to run the installer and perform the upgrade.
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Determine whether to let the installer wizard upgrade the View Composer database if a schema
upgrade is required. You can choose to run the SviConfig command-line utility after the wizard finishes
to upgrade the database schema manually and to create a log of the upgrade.
Procedure
1 On the virtual or physical machines where View Composer is installed, download and run the installer
for View Composer.
You can download the installer from the VMware Web site.
Step-by-step instructions for running the installer appear in the View Installation document.
2 Specify whether you want the wizard to upgrade the database schema if a schema upgrade is required.
If a dialog box appears with the message "Database upgrade completed with warnings" you can click
OK and safely ignore the message.
3 When the wizard prompts you for the View Composer port number, verify that the port number is set
to 18443.
What to do next
If you need to do a manual upgrade of the database schema, see “Run SviConfig to Manually Upgrade the
Database,” on page 27.
At your next maintenance window, continue with the View upgrade. See “Upgrade View Connection
Servers in a Replicated Group,” on page 34.
Manually Upgrading the View Composer Database
Rather than letting the View Composer installer upgrade the database when a schema update is required,
you can manually upgrade the database. You can use the SviConfig utility when you must observe the
upgrade process more closely or when upgrade tasks must be distributed to IT administrators with different
responsibilities.
When you upgrade View Composer to a version with an updated database schema, an installer prompt asks
if you want the wizard to upgrade the database. If you choose not to use the installer wizard, you must use
the SviConfig utility to upgrade the database and migrate the existing data.
Using the SviConfig command-line utility has the following advantages:
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This utility returns result codes and creates a log of the database upgrade to simplify troubleshooting if
the upgrade fails.
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You can separate the upgrade tasks. A vSphere or View administrator can run the View Composer
installer to upgrade the software. A database administrator (DBA) can use SviConfig to upgrade the
View Composer database.
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The software upgrade and the database upgrade can occur during different maintenance windows. For
example, your site might run database-maintenance operations on weekends only, whereas software-
maintenance tasks can occur during the week.
View Upgrades
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