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Upgrading VMware View Server
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The server components that you must upgrade include View Connection Server, View Client, and View Agent.
Depending on the optional components you use, you might also need to upgrade View Composer. If you plan
to use View Client with Local Mode, you must also install or upgrade a View Transfer Server instance.
Depending on how large your View deployment is, you might perform the upgrade process incrementally,
over several maintenance windows.
For VMware View 5.0 patch releases, see Chapter 8, “Applying VMware View Patches,” on page 55.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Upgrade View Connection Servers in a Replicated Group,” on page 25
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“Upgrade View Transfer Server,” on page 29
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“Upgrade View Composer Only,” on page 31
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“Upgrade to View Composer 2.7 and vCenter Server 5.0 on a Different Machine,” on page 35
Upgrade View Connection Servers in a Replicated Group
If you spread the upgrade tasks across multiple maintenance windows, you can verify success or discover
issues at each phase of the process. During the first maintenance window, you upgrade all the
View Connection Server instances in a group that replicates a View LDAP database.
To use the new features of VMware View 5.0, you must upgrade to VMware View 5.0. For a list of the new
features included in View 5.0, see the release notes.
NOTE This procedure describes an in-place upgrade. To migrate to a different machine, see “Upgrade to View
Connection Server 5.0 on a Different Machine,” on page 27.
Prerequisites
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Determine when to perform this procedure. Choose an available desktop maintenance window. The
amount of time the upgrade takes depends on the number of View Connection Server instances in the
group. Budget 15 minutes to half an hour for each instance.
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Complete the tasks listed in “Preparing View Connection Server for an Upgrade,” on page 21.
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Verify that you have a VMware View license for the new version. VMware View 4.0 and later releases use
a new licensing model. The license key has 25 characters. Even if you were not required to purchase an
upgrade, you must use a View 4.0 or higher license key.
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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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