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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
Migrate View Composer Without Linked-Clone Virtual Machines
If the current VMware Horizon View Composer service does not manage any linked-clone virtual machines,
you can migrate View Composer to a new physical or virtual machine without migrating the RSA keys to
the new machine. The migrated VMware Horizon View Composer service can connect to the original View
Composer database, or you can prepare a new database for View Composer.
Prerequisites
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Familiarize yourself with installing the VMware Horizon View Composer service. See "Installing View
Composer" in the View Installation document.
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Familiarize yourself with configuring an SSL certificate for View Composer. See "Configuring SSL
Certificates for View Servers" in the View Installation document.
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Familiarize yourself with the steps for removing View Composer from View Administrator. See topic
about removing View Composer from View Administrator in the View Administration document.
Before you can remove View Composer, verify that it no longer manages any linked-clone virtual
machines. If any linked clones remain, you must delete them.
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Familiarize yourself with configuring View Composer in View Administrator. See the topics about
configuring View Composer settings and View Composer domains in the View Administration
document.
Procedure
1 In View Administrator, remove View Composer from View Administrator.
a Select View Configuration > Servers.
b On the vCenter Servers tab, select the vCenter Server instance that is associated with the View
Composer service and click Edit.
c In the View Composer Server Settings pane, click Edit.
d Select Do not use View Composer and click OK.
2 Uninstall the VMware Horizon View Composer service from the current machine.
3 Install the VMware Horizon View Composer service on the new machine.
During the installation, configure View Composer to connect to the DSN of the original or new View
Composer database.
4 Configure an SSL server certificate for View Composer on the new machine.
You might be able to copy the certificate that was installed for View Composer on the original machine,
or you can install a new certificate.
5 In View Administrator, configure the new View Composer settings.
a In View Administrator, select View Configuration > Servers.
b On the vCenter Servers tab, select the vCenter Server instance that is associated with this View
Composer service and click Edit.
c In the View Composer Server Settings pane, click Edit.
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