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
Procedure
1 On the virtual machine that hosts View Composer, download the installer file for the patch version of
View Composer.
Your contact at VMware will provide instructions for this download.
2 Use the Windows Add/Remove Programs utility to remove your previously installed View Composer.
3 Run the installer that you downloaded for the patch release of View Composer.
4 Verify that the VMware Horizon View Composer service restarts after the installer wizard closes.
5 If applicable, apply the patch for View Agent on a parent virtual machine and create a desktop pool for
testing purposes.
a Use the Windows Add/Remove Programs utility to remove your previously installed View Agent.
b Download and run the View Agent patch installer on a parent virtual machine.
Your contact at VMware will provide instructions for this download.
c Create a small linked-clone desktop pool from this virtual machine.
d Test a virtual desktop from the desktop pool to verify that all the usage scenarios function
properly.
For example, create a desktop pool that contains one virtual desktop, and verify that you can use
Horizon Client to log in to that desktop.
Step-by-step instructions for running the View Agent installer and creating desktop pools appear
in Setting Up Desktop and Application Pools in View, available by clicking the Help button in View
Administrator.
e Verify that virtual desktops from the test desktop pool work as expected.
What to do next
Apply the patch to View Connection Server, if applicable.
Apply a Patch for View Connection Server
Applying a patch involves uninstalling the current version and then installing the patch version.
Prerequisites
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Determine when to perform this procedure. Choose an available desktop maintenance window. The
amount of time required depends on the number of View Connection Server instances in the group.
Budget 15 minutes to half an hour for each instance.
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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 patch installer.
Procedure
1 If View Connection Server is installed in a virtual machine, take a snapshot of the virtual machine.
For instructions on taking snapshots, see the vSphere Client online help.
2 On one of the View Connection Server instances in a replicated group, download the installer file for
the patch version of View Connection Server.
Your contact at VMware will provide instructions for this download.
3 Use the Windows Add/Remove Programs utility to remove your previously installed View Connection
Server, but do not remove Adam Instance VMwareVDMDS.
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