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Table Of Contents

Contents

VMware View Upgrades 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 13

View Transfer Server Requirements 13

Installation Requirements for View Transfer Server 13

Supported Operating Systems for View Transfer Server 14

View Composer Requirements 14

Supported Operating Systems for View Composer 14

Database Requirements for View Composer 14

View Administrator Requirements 15

Supported Operating Systems for Windows-Based View Client and View Client with Local Mode 16

Hardware Requirements for Local Mode Desktops 16

Client Browser Requirements for View Portal 18

Supported Operating Systems for View Agent 18

Preparing for a VMware View Upgrade 21

Preparing View Connection Server for an Upgrade 21

Preparing vCenter Server and View Composer for an Upgrade 22

Upgrading VMware View Server Components 25

Upgrade View Connection Servers in a Replicated Group 25

Upgrade to View Connection Server 5.0 on a Different Machine 27

Create a Replicated Group After Reverting View Connection Server to a Snapshot 28

Upgrade View Transfer Server 29

Upgrade to View Transfer Server 5.0 on a Different Machine 30

Upgrade View Composer Only 31

Manually Upgrading the View Composer Database 32

Run SviConfig to Manually Upgrade the Database 33

Result Codes for a Manual Database Schema Update 34

Troubleshooting a View Composer Database Upgrade Failure 34

Upgrade to View Composer 2.7 and vCenter Server 5.0 on a Different Machine 35

Prepare the Source Machine for View Composer Migration 35

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