Installation guide

Contents

About This Book 5

VMware View Component Compatibility Matrix 7

VMware View Upgrade Overview 9

System Requirements for Upgrades 11

View Connection Server Requirements 11

Hardware Requirements for View Connection Server 11

Supported Operating Systems for View Connection Server 12

Upgrade Requirements for View Connection Server 12

Virtualization Software Requirements for View Connection Server 12

View Composer Requirements 12

Supported Operating Systems for View Composer 12

Database Requirements for View Composer 13

View Administrator Requirements 14

Supported Operating Systems for View Client and View Client with Local Mode 14

Client Browser Requirements for View Portal 15

Supported Operating Systems for View Agent 16

Preparing for a VMware View Upgrade 17

Preparing View Connection Server for an Upgrade 17

Preparing vCenter Server and View Composer for an Upgrade 18

Upgrading VMware View Components 21

Upgrade View Connection Servers in a Replicated Group 21

Upgrade to View Connection Server 4.5 on a Different Machine 23

Create a Replicated Group After Reverting View Connection Server to a Snapshot 24

Upgrade View Composer Only 25

Manually Upgrading the View Composer Database 27

Run SviConfig to Manually Upgrade the Database 27

Result Codes for a Manual Database Schema Update 28

Troubleshooting a View Composer Database Upgrade Failure 29

Upgrade to View Composer 2.5 and vCenter Server 4.1 on a Different Machine 30

Prepare the Source Machine for View Composer Migration 30

Use the Data Migration Tool to Migrate to the New Machine 32

Migrate View Composer to the New Machine 33

Upgrade ESX Hosts and Virtual Machines 35

Upgrade ESX 3.5 Hosts and Their Virtual Machines 35

Upgrade ESX 4.0 Hosts and Their Virtual Machines 36

Upgrade View Agent 38

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