
Upgrading Horizon View Desktops
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The View desktop and client components that you can upgrade include View Client for any of the
supported desktop and mobile client platforms, thin clients provided by VMware partners, and the
View Agent, which runs inside the operating systems of View desktops.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Upgrade View Agent,” on page 47
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“Upgrade View Composer Desktop Pools,” on page 49
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“Upgrade View Clients,” on page 51
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“Upgrade View Local Mode Clients,” on page 52
Upgrade View Agent
The strategy for upgrading View Agent depends on the type of desktop source.
This procedure provides an overview of the tasks you must perform to upgrade from View Agent in virtual
machines used as desktop sources. To complete some of these tasks, you might need the step-by-step
instructions found in the vSphere Client online help or in the VMware Horizon View Administration
document, available by clicking the Help button in View Administrator.
NOTE If you are upgrading from View 4.0.x or 4.5.x, you must upgrade to View 5.0.x before upgrading to
Horizon View 5.2. For instructions, see version 5.0 of the VMware View Upgrades document.
Prerequisites
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Verify that at least one View Connection Server instance in the replicated group has been upgraded.
View Connection Server must be upgraded first so that the secure JMS pairing mechanism can work
with View Agent.
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For local mode desktops, verify that View Composer and View Transfer Server have been upgraded.
See Chapter 5, “Upgrading Horizon View Server Components,” on page 25. If only one of these
components is upgraded, you will not be able to check out View desktops if the desktops are based on
linked clones.
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If you are upgrading ESX/ESXi hosts and virtual machines, complete the procedure described in
Chapter 6, “Upgrade ESX/ESXi Hosts and Their Virtual Machines,” on page 45.
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Verify that you have a domain user account with administrative privileges on the hosts that you will
use to run the installer and perform the upgrade.
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