
Procedure
1 Have end users upgrade to the latest version of View Client.
Option Action
View Client
Download and send the View Client installers to your end users or post
them on a Web site and ask end users to download the installer and run it.
You can download the installers or have your end users download them
from the VMware Web site at https://www.vmware.com/go/viewclients.
For mobile View clients, you can alternatively instruct your end users to
get the latest version of View Client from other Web sites that sell apps,
including the Apple App Store, Google Play, Amazon, and Windows
Store.
View Portal
End users 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.
NOTE The default links in View Portal point to the VMware Clients
download site. You can change the default links to point elsewhere. See the
topic called "Configure the View Client Download Links Displayed in
View Portal" in the VMware Horizon View Installation document.
If their existing View Clients require smart cards and end users use
Internet Explorer to connect to View Portal, they might be prompted to
insert a smart card before View Portal checks the client version. End users
can either insert their smart card or click Cancel. The result is the same.
View Portal checks the version and prompts end users to download the
new client installer.
Thin client
Upgrade the thin client firmware and install the new View Client on end
users' client devices. Thin clients and zero clients are provided by VMware
partners.
2 Have end users verify that they can log in and connect to their View desktops.
What to do next
If your end users have View Client with Local Mode, upgrade these clients. See “Upgrade View Local Mode
Clients,” on page 52.
Upgrade View Local Mode Clients
Upgrading View Client with Local Mode is very similar to upgrading View Client for Windows. You run
the new installer on the client system.
IMPORTANT If your end users have the View Client with Local Mode 4.6.0 or an earlier version, instruct them
to check in their View desktops and then ask them to remove the View Client with Local Mode software
from their client systems. After their View desktops are upgraded to Horizon View 5.2 in the datacenter,
they can perform a fresh installation of the latest version of View Client with Local Mode and check out
their upgraded View desktops.
Prerequisites
n
Verify that View Connection Server, View Composer, and View Transfer Server have all been
upgraded. See Chapter 5, “Upgrading Horizon View Server Components,” on page 25. If only one or
two of these components are upgraded, you might not be able to check out View desktops if the
desktops are based on linked clones.
n
Verify that you have either a local user account with administrative privileges or a domain user account
with administrative privileges on client systems that you will use to run the installer and perform the
upgrade.
VMware Horizon View Upgrades
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