Installation guide

Upgrade to View Composer 2.5 and vCenter Server 4.1 on a Different
Machine
During the first maintenance window, after you upgrade View Connection Server, you can also upgrade
View Composer and VirtualCenter, which are hosted on the same virtual or physical machine.
Prepare the Source Machine for View Composer Migration
For vSphere 4.1, vCenter Server is supported only on 64-bit Windows operating systems. If your current
vCenter Server and View Composer server are installed on a 32-bit Windows machine, you need to move to
a 64-bit Windows machine as part of the upgrade.
You upgrade View Composer to 2.5 on the source computer first and if necessary also upgrade
VirtualCenter Server to vCenter Server 4.0. You then migrate View Composer 2.5 and vCenter Server 4.0 to
the destination computer. After making sure that everything is working on the destination computer, you
upgrade to vCenter Server 4.1.
This procedure provides an overview of the tasks you must perform during the first maintenance window. To
complete some of these tasks, you might need step-by-step instructions found in other documents.
Prerequisites
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Determine when to perform this procedure. Choose an available desktop maintenance window. For
information about how much time is required, see the vSphere 4.1 Upgrade Guide.
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Complete the tasks listed in “Preparing for Upgrades That Include vSphere,” on page 18. These tasks
include backing up the View Composer database and the vCenter Server database and making a copy of
the SSL certificate folder located at %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\VMware\VMware
VirtualCenter.
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Verify that you have a domain user account with administrative privileges on the hosts that you will use
to run the installer and perform the upgrade.
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Verify that you have the correct license keys for vSphere if you are upgrading Virtual Infrastructure
components to vSphere.
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If you are currently using VirtualCenter Server 2.5, download and print a copy of the vSphere 4.0 Upgrade
Guide. You must upgrade to vCenter Server 4.0 before upgrading to vCenter Server 4.1.
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Determine whether to use the vSphere 4.1 data migration tool to perform the vCenter Server migration.
This tool is described in the chapter about upgrading to vCenter Server on a different machine and
upgrading the existing database, in the vSphere 4.1 Upgrade Guide.
VMware View Upgrade Guide
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