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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
3 Upgrade all components that need to be upgraded.
These components might include View Connection Server, View Transfer Server, View Composer,
vCenter Server, ESX/ESXi hosts, virtual machines, VMware Tools in virtual machines, and View Agent in
virtual machines.
4 If you do not already have View Transfer Server installed and configured, install and configure a View
Transfer Server instance, as described in the VMware View 5.0 Installation document.
With VMware View 4.5 and later versions, the View Transfer Server component transfers data between
local client devices and the datacenter during check in, check out, replication, and system-image
provisioning operations.
5 On the client system, run the View 5.0 Client with Local Mode installer.
If end users have the required administrative privileges on their computers, you have several options for
providing end users with the installer:
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Download the installer from the VMware Web site and send it to your end users.
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Post the installer on a company Web site and ask end users to download it.
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Give end users the URL for View Portal and have them download the installer from View Portal.
6 Have end users verify that they can log in and connect to their upgraded View desktops.
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