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
Upgrading VMware View Server
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The server components that you must upgrade include View Connection Server, replicated servers, and
security servers. Depending on the optional components you use, you might also need to upgrade
View Composer. If you plan to use View Client with Local Mode, you must also install or upgrade a
View Transfer Server instance.
During an upgrade to View 5.1, View does not support View Composer provisioning and maintenance
operations, local mode operations, or View Transfer Server publish operations. Operations such as
provisioning and recomposing linked-clone desktops, checking out or checking in desktops, and publishing
View Composer base images are not supported during the transitional period when any View servers are still
running the earlier version. You can successfully perform these operations only when all instances of View
Connection Server, View Composer, and View Transfer Server have been upgraded to View 5.1.
For VMware View 5.1 patch releases, see Chapter 8, “Applying VMware View Patches,” on page 53.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Upgrade View Connection Servers in a Replicated Group,” on page 25
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“Upgrade View Security Server,” on page 30
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“Upgrade View Composer,” on page 31
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“Upgrade vCenter Server,” on page 40
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“Upgrade View Transfer Server,” on page 41
Upgrade View Connection Servers in a Replicated Group
If you spread the upgrade tasks across multiple maintenance windows, you can verify success or discover
issues at each phase of the process. VMware recommends upgrading all server components during the first
maintenance window, starting with View Connection Server instances.
To use the new features of VMware View 5.1, you must upgrade to VMware View 5.1. For a list of the new
features included in View 5.1, see the release notes.
NOTE This procedure describes an in-place upgrade. To migrate to a different machine, see “Upgrade to View
Connection Server 5.1 on a Different Machine,” on page 28.
Prerequisites
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Determine when to perform this procedure. Choose an available desktop maintenance window. The
amount of time the upgrade takes depends on the number of View Connection Server instances in the
group. Budget 15 minutes to half an hour for each instance.
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