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
Component Compatibility Matrix 1
Because large enterprises must often perform phased upgrades, components are designed to be somewhat
forward and backward compatible, at least during upgrades.
View Connection Server compatibility with View Agents is limited to interoperability during a View
Connection Server upgrade. You must upgrade View Agents as soon as possible to match the version of the
View Connection Server that manages them.
The following tables list the components and show whether they are compatible with other components
whose version is different. For information about compatibility with vSphere, see the VMware Product
Interoperability Matrix at http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/sim/interop_matrix.php.
Table 1‑1. Compatibility Matrix for VMware Horizon 6 version 6.1 and Horizon 6.0 (with View) Components
Connection
Server 6.0.x
Security Server
6.0.x (PCoIP and
RDP)
View Composer
6.0.x View Agent 6.0.x
Horizon Client
(Windows) 3.2,
3.1, 3.0
Connection
Server 6.1
Only during
upgrade
Only if paired
before upgrade
No Only during upgrade Yes
Security Server
6.1 (PCoIP and
RDP)
No N/A No Only during upgrade Yes
View Composer
6.1
Only during
upgrade
Only during
upgrade
N/A Only during upgrade N/A
View Agent 6.1 Only during
upgrade (see the
exception in the
note following
this table)
No No N/A Only during
upgrade
Horizon Client
3.3
Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A
IMPORTANT View Agent 6.1 and later releases do not support Windows XP and Windows Vista desktops.
View Agent 6.0.2 is the last View release that supports these guest operating systems. Customers who have
an extended support agreement with Microsoft for Windows XP and Vista, and an extended support
agreement with VMware for these guest operating systems, can deploy the View Agent 6.0.2 version of their
Windows XP and Vista desktops with View Connection Server 6.1.
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