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Table Of Contents
- VMware View Upgrades
- Contents
- VMware View Upgrades
- VMware View Component Compatibility Matrix
- VMware View Upgrade Overview
- System Requirements for Upgrades
- View Connection Server Requirements
- View Transfer Server Requirements
- View Composer Requirements
- View Administrator Requirements
- Supported Operating Systems for Windows-Based View Client and View Client with Local Mode
- Hardware Requirements for Local Mode Desktops
- Client Browser Requirements for View Portal
- Supported Operating Systems for View Agent
- Preparing for a VMware View Upgrade
- Upgrading VMware View Server Components
- Upgrading ESX/ESXi Hosts and Virtual Machines
- Upgrading VMware View Desktops and Clients
- Applying VMware View Patches
- Upgrading vSphere Components Separately in a VMware View Environment
- Index
What to do next
If you use View Composer, see “Upgrade View Composer Only,” on page 31 or “Upgrade to View Composer
2.7 and vCenter Server 5.0 on a Different Machine,” on page 35. If you have finished upgrading View server
components, at your next maintenance window, continue with the VMware View upgrade.
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If you are also upgrading vSphere components, see Chapter 6, “Upgrading ESX/ESXi Hosts and Virtual
Machines,” on page 43.
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If you upgrading only View components, see “Upgrade View Agent,” on page 47.
Upgrade to View Transfer Server 5.0 on a Different Machine
As part of your upgrade, you can migrate View Transfer Server to a new machine. For example, you might
want to move View Transfer Server from a 32-bit Windows 2003 Server machine to a 64-bit Windows 2008
Server machine.
Prerequisites
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Verify that the new virtual machine meets the system requirements for installing View Transfer Server.
See “View Transfer Server Requirements,” on page 13.
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Determine when to perform this procedure. Choose an available desktop maintenance window. Budget
15 minutes to half an hour for each instance.
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Verify that you have local administrator privileges on the Windows Server that you will use to run the
installer.
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If the original View Transfer Server instance used a network share for its Transfer Server Repository,
document the path to the directory on the network share.
In View Administrator, go to View Configuration > Transfer Server Repository.
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Familiarize yourself with the procedure for installing and configuring View Transfer Server. See the
VMware View Installation document.
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If the original View Transfer Server instance used a local file system for its Transfer Server Repository,
familiarize yourself with the instructions for migrating the Transfer Server Repository to a new location.
See the VMware View Administration document.
Procedure
1 On the new virtual machine, install View Transfer Server.
2 In View Administrator, add the new View Transfer Server instance.
Go to View Configuration > Servers.
3 If you have a Transfer Server Repository located on a network share, verify that this new View Transfer
Server can access the Transfer Server Repository on the network share.
4 If you have a Transfer Server Repository located on the local file system of the original View Transfer
Server, migrate the repository to a new location.
5 In View Administrator, remove the original View Transfer Server instance.
6 If applicable, uninstall View Transfer Server from the old host by using the Windows Add/Remove
Programs utility.
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