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VMware View Upgrade Overview 2
Upgrading an enterprise VMware View deployment involves several high-level tasks. Upgrading is a
multistage process in which procedures must be performed in a particular order.
You must complete the upgrade process in a specific order. If you do not complete each upgrade stage before
moving on, you can lose data and server access. Order is also important within each upgrade stage.
NOTE This overview relates to upgrades for major, minor, and maintenance releases. For information about
patches, see Chapter 8, “Applying VMware View Patches,” on page 55.
How many of the following tasks you need to complete depends on which components of VMware View you
use in your deployment. Because VMware View 5.0 includes components that were not available in releases
earlier than View 4.5, some of the tasks might be installation rather than upgrade tasks.
1 On the physical or virtual machines that host View Connection Server instances, make backups and record
various configuration and system settings. See “Preparing View Connection Server for an Upgrade,” on
page 21.
2 On the physical or virtual machines that host View Composer and vCenter Server, make backups and
temporarily halt certain scheduled tasks. See “Preparing vCenter Server and View Composer for an
Upgrade,” on page 22.
3 If some of your end users are using View 4.0.x Client with Offline Desktop or View 4.5 Client with Local
Mode, ask them to check in their View desktops.
4 Upgrade View Connection Server on the existing host or migrate to a new machine. See “Upgrade View
Connection Servers in a Replicated Group,” on page 25.
5 If you are upgrading from View 4.0.x, install and configure an event database that View Administrator
5.0 uses for displaying some of the View Connection Server events that were previously recorded only in
logs. See the VMware View 5.0 Installation document.
If you are upgrading from View 4.5, you have probably already installed this database. You do not need
to upgrade the View 4.5 database schema. View 5.0 does not require any database schema changes.
6 For the View Client with Local Mode component, upgrade or install and configure one or more View
Transfer Server instances.
Current Version Action
View 4.0.x Install Transfer Server instances. See the VMware View 5.0 Installation document.
View 4.5 and 4.6 Upgrade Transfer Server instances. See “Upgrade View Transfer Server,” on page 29.
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