6.2
Table Of Contents
- View Upgrades
- Contents
- View Upgrades
- View Upgrade Overview
- System Requirements for Upgrades
- Upgrading View Server Components
- Upgrading View Composer
- Upgrading View Connection Server
- Upgrading View Security Server
- Upgrading View Servers in a Cloud Pod Architecture
- Upgrade vCenter Server
- Accept the Thumbprint of a Default SSL Certificate
- Using View Group Policy Administrative Template Files
- 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 Connection Server
You must install View Connection Server on a supported Windows Server operating system.
The following operating systems support all View Connection Server installation types, including standard,
replica, and security server installations.
Table 2‑6. Operating System Support for View Connection Server
Operating System Version Edition
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 64-bit Standard
Enterprise
Datacenter
Windows Server 2012 R2 64-bit Standard
Datacenter
NOTE Windows Server 2008 R2 with no service pack is no longer supported.
Upgrade Requirements for View Connection Server
The View Connection Server upgrade process has specific requirements and limitations.
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View Connection Server requires a valid license key for this latest release.
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The domain user account that you use to install the new version of View Connection Server must have
administrative privileges on the View Connection Server host. The View Connection Server
administrator must have administrative credentials for vCenter Server.
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When you run the installer, you authorize a View Administrators account. You can specify the local
Administrators group or a domain user or group account. View assigns full View Administration
rights, including the right to install replicated View Connection Server instances, to this account only. If
you specify a domain user or group, you must create the account in Active Directory before you run the
installer.
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When you back up View Connection Server, the View LDAP configuration is exported as encrypted
LDIF data. To restore the encrypted backup View configuration, you must provide the data recovery
password. The password must contain between 1 and 128 characters.
Security-Related Requirements
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View Connection Server requires an SSL certificate that is signed by a CA (certificate authority) and that
your clients can validate. Although a default self-signed certificate is generated in the absence of a CA-
signed certificate when you install View Connection Server, you must replace the default self-signed
certificate as soon as possible. Self-signed certificates are shown as invalid in View Administrator.
Also, updated clients expect information about the server's certificate to be communicated as part of the
SSL handshake between client and server. Often updated clients do not trust self-signed certificates.
For complete information about security certificate requirements, see "Configuring SSL Certificates for
View Servers" in the View Installation guide. Also see the Scenarios for Setting Up SSL Connections to View
document, which describes setting up intermediate servers that perform tasks such as load balancing
and off-loading SSL connections.
NOTE If your original servers already have SSL certificates signed by a CA, during the upgrade, View
imports your existing CA-signed certificate into the Windows Server certificate store.
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