VMware View Manager 4.5 Upgrade Manual page 22

VMware View Upgrade Guide
Prerequisites
Determine when to perform this procedure. Choose an available desktop maintenance window. The
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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.
Complete the tasks listed in
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Verify that you have a VMware View 4.5 license. VMware View 4.0 and later releases use a new licensing
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model. The license key has 25 characters. Even if you were not required to purchase an upgrade, you must
use a View 4.0 or higher license key.
Verify that you have a domain user account with administrative privileges on the hosts that you will use
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to run the installer and perform the upgrade.
If you are unfamiliar with the
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View 4 View Manager Administration Guide. You will use this utility to back up the View LDAP database
as part of the upgrade procedure.
If you use security servers, familiarize yourself with the instructions on running the installer to create a
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security server that uses the new View 4.5 security server pairing mechanism. See the VMware View
Installation Guide.
If you do not remember the location of the GPO templates on View Connection Server, see the section
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about Group Policy Objects in the View Manager Administration Guide. You must copy these templates as
part of the upgrade procedure.
You do not need to make any changes to the configuration of existing load balancers.
Procedure
1 Stop the service called VMware View Connection Server service on all View Connection Server instances
in the group.
View LDAP database corruption can occur if you upgrade a View Connection Server instance while other
instances in the same group are running.
Do not stop the VMwareVDMDS service. The VMwareVDMDS service must be running so that the View
LDAP database can be upgraded.
2 On the host of the View Connection Server instance that is the standard, or first, server instance in the
group, run the installer for the VMware View 4.5 Connection Server.
The installer determines that an older version is already installed and performs an upgrade. The installer
displays fewer installation options than during a fresh installation.
The View LDAP is also upgraded.
3 Verify that the VMware View Connection Server service restarts after the installer wizard closes.
4 Verify that you can log in to View Connection Server, and click About in View Administrator to verify
that the new version is being used.
5 Go to View Configuration > Product Licensing and Usage, click Edit License, enter the View Manager
license key, and click OK.
6 Verify that you can log in to a View desktop.
7 Stop the View Connection Server service again.
8 Repeat Step 1
9 After all servers in the group are upgraded, start the View Connection Server service on all of them.
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"Preparing View Connection Server for an Upgrade,"
vdmexport.exe
through Step 7 to upgrade each View Connection Server instance in the group.
utility, print the instructions for using it from the View 3 or
on page 17.
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