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Table Of Contents
- View Upgrades
- Contents
- View Upgrades
- View Upgrade Overview
- System Requirements for Upgrades
- Upgrading View Server Components
- Upgrading View Composer
- Upgrading View Connection Server
- Preparing View Connection Server for an Upgrade
- Upgrade View Connection Servers in a Replicated Group
- Enable TLSv1.0 on vCenter Connections from Connection Server
- Upgrade to the Latest Version of View Connection Server on a Different Machine
- Create a Replicated Group After Reverting View Connection Server to a Snapshot
- Upgrading View Security Server
- Upgrading View Servers in a Cloud Pod Architecture Environment
- Upgrading View Servers to Allow HTML Access
- Upgrade vCenter Server
- Accept the Thumbprint of a Default SSL Certificate
- 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 Run the installer that you downloaded for the patch release of View Composer.
NOTE With Horizon 6 version 6.2 and later releases, you are no longer required to uninstall the
previous version before installing the patch.
3 Verify that the VMware Horizon View Composer service restarts after the installer wizard closes.
4 If applicable, apply the patch for Horizon Agent on a parent virtual machine and create a desktop pool
for testing purposes.
a Download and run the Horizon Agent patch installer on a parent virtual machine.
Your contact at VMware will provide instructions for this download.
b Create a small linked-clone desktop pool from this virtual machine.
c 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 Horizon 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.
d 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 downloading and running the installer for 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.
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