Procedure
1 If you use View Composer, upgrade the View Agent on a parent virtual machine and create a desktop
pool for testing purposes.
a Download and run the new version of the View Agent installer on a parent virtual machine.
You can download the installer from the VMware Web site.
b Create a small linked-clone desktop pool from this virtual machine.
c Test a virtual desktop from the desktop pool to verify that all the usage scenarios function
properly.
For example, create a desktop pool that contains one virtual desktop, and verify that you can use
View Client to log in to that desktop.
Step-by-step instructions for running the View Agent installer and creating desktop pools appear in the
VMware Horizon View Administration document, available by clicking the Help button in View
Administrator.
2 On the other parent virtual machines and virtual machine templates, download and run the installer for
the vew version of View Agent.
Step-by-step instructions for running the View Agent installer and creating desktop pools appear in the
VMware Horizon View Administration document, available by clicking the Help button in View
Administrator.
3 If you use View Composer, take a snapshot of each upgraded parent virtual machine that you use to
create linked-clone desktop pools.
You use the new snapshot for recomposing all the virtual machines in the pool.
For instructions on taking snapshots, see the vSphere Client online help.
4 If you use full-clone desktops or other virtual machines that you added as individual desktops or as
part of a manual pool, upgrade View Agent by using whatever third-party tools you usually use for
software upgrades.
5 For automated and manual Windows 7 and 8 pools that are not linked-clone pools, to use the 3D
rendering feature available with View 5.0 and later releases, edit the pool and power the virtual
machine desktops off and on.
a Configure the following pool settings:
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Set the pool to use the PCoIP display protocol.
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Set Allow users to choose protocol to No.
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Turn on the 3D Renderer feature.
b Power off each virtual machine and power it on again.
Restarting a virtual machine, rather than powering off and on, does not cause the setting to take
effect.
6 If you use Windows Terminal Servers or physical or blade PCs as desktop sources, download and run
the installer for the new version of View Agent on these physical machines.
You can download the installer from the VMware Web site.
7 Use a View Client that has not been upgraded to verify that you can log in to the upgraded View
desktop sources with your old View Client software.
What to do next
If you use View Composer desktop pools, recompose or recreate the pools. See “Upgrade View Composer
Desktop Pools,” on page 49.
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