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Table Of Contents
- View Upgrades
- Contents
- View Upgrades
- View Component Compatibility Matrix
- View Upgrade Overview
- System Requirements for Upgrades
- Preparing for a View Upgrade
- Upgrading View Server Components
- Upgrade ESXi Hosts and Their Virtual Machines
- Upgrading Remote Desktops and Horizon Client
- Upgrade RDS Hosts That Provide Session-Based Desktops
- Upgrade View Agent
- Upgrade View Composer Desktop Pools
- Tasks for Upgrading Desktop Pools to Use Space Reclamation
- Tasks for Upgrading Desktop Pools to Use a Virtual SAN Datastore
- Upgrade the Client Application
- Configure the VMware Horizon Web Portal Page for End Users
- Applying View Patches
- Upgrading vSphere Components Separately in a View Environment
- Index
Table 3‑6. Operating Systems for Linked-Clone and Full-Clone Remote Desktops
Guest Operating System Version Edition Service Pack
Windows 8.1 64-bit and 32-bit Enterprise and
Professional
None and Update
Windows 8 64-bit and 32-bit Enterprise and
Professional
None
Windows 7 64-bit and 32-bit Enterprise and
Professional
None and SP1
Windows Vista 32-bit Business and
Enterprise
SP2
Windows XP 32-bit Professional SP3
Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit Datacenter SP1
IMPORTANT The virtual machine version must support the guest operating system. For example, to install
Windows 8.1, you must use a vSphere 5.1 or later virtual machine.
The following table lists the Windows operating systems versions that are supported for creating desktop
pools and application pools on an RDS host.
Table 3‑7. Operating Systems for RDS Hosts, Providing Remote Desktops or Applications
Guest Operating System Edition Service Pack
Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, Enterprise, and
Datacenter
SP1
Windows Server 2012 Standard and Datacenter None
Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard and Datacenter None
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