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Table Of Contents
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View Upgrades 5
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View Upgrade Overview 7
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System Requirements for Upgrades 11
Compatibility Matrix for Various Versions of View Components 11
View Composer Requirements 13
Supported Operating Systems for View Composer 13
Hardware Requirements for Standalone View Composer 13
Database Requirements for View Composer and the Events Database 14
Upgrade Requirements for View Composer 14
View Connection Server Requirements 15
Hardware Requirements for View Connection Server 15
Supported Operating Systems for View Connection Server 16
Upgrade Requirements for View Connection Server 16
Supported Operating Systems for View Agent 17
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Upgrading View Server Components 19
Upgrading View Composer 19
Preparing vCenter Server and View Composer for an Upgrade 20
Upgrade View Composer 21
Manually Upgrading the View Composer Database 22
Migrate View Composer to Another Machine 25
Upgrading View Connection Server 30
Preparing View Connection Server for an Upgrade 30
Upgrade View Connection Servers in a Replicated Group 31
Upgrade to the Latest Version of View Connection Server on a Different Machine 33
Create a Replicated Group After Reverting View Connection Server to a Snapshot 34
Upgrading View Security Server 35
Preparing View Security Server for an Upgrade 35
Upgrade View Security Servers and Their Paired View Connection Servers 36
Upgrading View Servers in a Cloud Pod Architecture 38
Upgrade vCenter Server 38
Accept the Thumbprint of a Default SSL Certificate 39
Using View Group Policy Administrative Template Files 41
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Upgrade ESXi Hosts and Their Virtual Machines 43
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Upgrading Remote Desktops and Horizon Client 45
Upgrade RDS Hosts That Provide Session-Based Desktops 45
Upgrade View Agent 46
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