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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
5 For parent virtual machines that will be used to create linked-clone desktop pools, take a snapshot of
the virtual machine.
For instructions on taking snapshots, see the vSphere Client online help.
6 For linked-clone desktop pools, use the snapshot you created to recompose the desktop pools.
7 Verify that you can log in to the patched desktop pools with Horizon Client.
8 If you canceled any refresh or recompose operations for any linked-clone desktop pools, schedule the
tasks again.
Apply a Patch for Horizon Client
On desktop client devices, applying a patch involves uninstalling the current version and then installing the
patch version of Horizon Client. On mobile clients, applying a patch involves simply installing the update
from the Web site that sells apps, such as Google Play, Windows Store, or the Apple App Store.
Procedure
1 On each client system, download the installer file for the patch version of Horizon Client.
Your contact at VMware will provide instructions for this download. As mentioned previously, for
some clients, you might get the patch release from an app store.
2 If the client device is a desktop or laptop, remove the current version of the client software from your
device.
Use the customary device-specific method for removing applications.
3 If applicable, run the installer that you downloaded for the patch release of the Horizon Client.
If you got the patch from the Apple App Store or Google Play, the app is usually installed when you
download it, and you do not need to run an installer.
4 Verify that you can log in to the patched desktop pools with the newly patched Horizon Client.
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