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Table Of Contents

Contents

View Upgrades 5

View Component Compatibility Matrix 7

View Upgrade Overview 11

System Requirements for Upgrades 13

View Composer Requirements 13

View Connection Server Requirements 16

View Administrator Requirements 18

Horizon Client Requirements 18

Supported Operating Systems for View Agent 18

Preparing for a View Upgrade 21

Preparing vCenter Server and View Composer for an Upgrade 21

Preparing View Connection Server for an Upgrade 23

Prepare to Upgrade or Reinstall a Security Server 24

Upgrading View Server Components 27

Upgrade View Composer 27

Upgrade View Connection Servers in a Replicated Group 36

Upgrade View Security Server 41

Upgrade vCenter Server 42

Using View Group Policy Administrative Template Files 43

Upgrade ESXi Hosts and Their Virtual Machines 45

Upgrading Remote Desktops and Horizon Client 47

Upgrade RDS Hosts That Provide Session-Based Desktops 47

Upgrade View Agent 48

Upgrade View Composer Desktop Pools 50

Tasks for Upgrading Desktop Pools to Use Space Reclamation 51

Tasks for Upgrading Desktop Pools to Use a Virtual SAN Datastore 52

Upgrade the Client Application 54

Configure the VMware Horizon Web Portal Page for End Users 55

Applying View Patches 59

Apply a Patch for View Composer 59

Apply a Patch for View Connection Server 60

Apply a Patch for View Agent 61

Apply a Patch for Horizon Client 62

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