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7 Upgrade the group policies used in Active Directory. See “Using View Group Policy Administrative
Template Files,” on page 41.
8 If you are also upgrading VMware vSphere components, upgrade vCenter Server. See “Upgrade
vCenter Server,” on page 40.
9 If you are also upgrading vSphere, upgrade the VMware
®
ESXi™ hosts and virtual machines. See
Chapter 6, “Upgrade ESXi Hosts and Their Virtual Machines,” on page 43.
10 If you currently use Windows Terminal Services servers as desktop sources, upgrade to Windows
Server 2008 R2 or later and verify that the RDS Host role is installed. See “Upgrade RDS Hosts That
Provide Session-Based Desktops,” on page 45
11 Upgrade the Horizon™ View Agent™ software that runs on the physical or virtual machines that are
used as desktop sources, as full-clone desktops in a pool, and as individual desktops in a manual pool.
See “Upgrade View Agent,” on page 46.
12 Use the newly upgraded virtual machine desktop sources to create upgraded pools of desktops. See
“Upgrade View Composer Desktop Pools,” on page 48.
13 Upgrade the Horizon Client software that runs on end users' client devices. See “Upgrade the Client
Application,” on page 49.
Because certain commands can simultaneously upgrade more than one stage, VMware recommends that
you thoroughly understand the irreversible changes at each stage before you upgrade your production
environments.
IMPORTANT The VMware View
®
Client with Local Mode feature, for using offline desktops, has been
removed, and therefore this overview does not include steps for upgrading View Transfer Server instances
and View Client with Local Mode. In place of the Local Mode feature, VMware recommends using
VMware
®
Mirage™, which is included with VMware Horizon 6.0 and later releases. For more information,
see the View Release Notes, available at https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/view_pubs.html.
View Upgrades
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