5.1
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 Composer Requirements
- View Transfer Server 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
- Upgrade ESX/ESXi 4.0.x, 4.1.x, or 5.0.x Hosts and Their Virtual Machines
- Upgrading VMware View Desktops and Clients
- Applying VMware View Patches
- Upgrading vSphere Components Separately in a VMware View Environment
- Index
The total amount of memory you can assign to all virtual machines running on a single computer is limited
only by the amount of RAM on the computer. The maximum amount of memory for each View desktop on
64-bit computers it is 32GB.
Display
A 32-bit display adapter is recommended. 3D benchmarks, such as 3DMark '06, might not render correctly or
at all when running Windows Vista or Windows 7 virtual machines on some graphics hardware.
View Client with Local Mode supports DirecX9c, which becomes enabled automatically on client systems with
capable GPUs. DirecX9c includes 3D capabilities such as Google Earth with 3D building turned on, Windows 7
Aero effects, and some 3D games.
To play video at 720p or higher requires a multiprocessor system.
For CPU and GPU requirements to support Windows 7 Aero, see Table 3-8.
Client Browser Requirements for View Portal
From a client system, you can open a browser and browse to a View Connection Server instance. The Web
page that appears is called View Portal, and it contains links for downloading the installer file for View Client.
To use View Portal, you must have one of the following Web browsers:
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Internet Explorer 8
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Internet Explorer 9
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Firefox 6
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Firefox 7
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Safari 5 (on a Mac)
Supported Operating Systems for View Agent
The View Agent component assists with session management, single sign-on, and device redirection. You must
install View Agent on all virtual machines, physical systems, and terminal servers that will be managed by
View Manager.
Table 3-9. View Agent Operating System Support
Guest Operating System Version Edition Service Pack
Windows 7 64-bit and 32-bit Enterprise and
Professional
None and SP1
Windows Vista 32-bit Business and
Enterprise
SP1 and SP2
Windows XP 32-bit Professional SP3
Windows 2008 R2 Terminal Server 64-bit Standard SP1
Windows 2008 Terminal Server 64-bit Standard SP2
IMPORTANT If you use Windows 7 in a virtual machine, the host must be ESX/ESXi 4.0 Update 4 or later,
ESX/ESXi 4.1 Update 2 or later, or ESXi 5.0 Update 1 or later.
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