6.1
Table Of Contents
- View Upgrades
- Contents
- View Upgrades
- 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
- Post-Upgrade Tasks to Enable New Features in Your View Setup
- Applying View Patches
- Upgrading vSphere Components Separately in a View Environment
- Index
Supported Operating Systems for View Agent
The View Agent component assists with session management, single sign-on, device redirection, and other
features. You must install View Agent on all virtual machines, physical systems, and RDS hosts.
The following table lists the Windows operating system versions that are supported on virtual machines in a
desktop pool. 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.
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
SP1
Windows Server 2012 R2 64-bit Datacenter None
Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit Datacenter SP1
IMPORTANT View Agent 6.1 and later releases do not support Windows XP and Windows Vista desktops.
View Agent 6.0.2 is the last View release that supports these guest operating systems. Customers who have
an extended support agreement with Microsoft for Windows XP and Vista, and an extended support
agreement with VMware for these guest operating systems, can deploy the View Agent 6.0.2 version of their
Windows XP and Vista desktops with View Connection Server 6.1.
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 or Update 1
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