Table Of Contents - VMware View Manager 4.5 Upgrade Manual

Contents
About This Book 5
1
VMware View Component Compatibility Matrix 7
2
VMware View Upgrade Overview 9
3
System Requirements for Upgrades 11
View Connection Server Requirements 11
Hardware Requirements for View Connection Server 11
Supported Operating Systems for View Connection Server 12
Upgrade Requirements for View Connection Server 12
Virtualization Software Requirements for View Connection Server 12
View Composer Requirements 12
Supported Operating Systems for View Composer 12
Database Requirements for View Composer 13
View Administrator Requirements 14
Supported Operating Systems for View Client and View Client with Local Mode 14
Client Browser Requirements for View Portal 15
Supported Operating Systems for View Agent 16
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Preparing for a VMware View Upgrade 17
Preparing View Connection Server for an Upgrade 17
Preparing vCenter Server and View Composer for an Upgrade 18
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Upgrading VMware View Components 21
Upgrade View Connection Servers in a Replicated Group 21
Upgrade to View Connection Server 4.5 on a Different Machine 23
Create a Replicated Group After Reverting View Connection Server to a Snapshot 24
Upgrade View Composer Only 25
Manually Upgrading the View Composer Database 27
Run SviConfig to Manually Upgrade the Database 27
Result Codes for a Manual Database Schema Update 28
Troubleshooting a View Composer Database Upgrade Failure 29
Upgrade to View Composer 2.5 and vCenter Server 4.1 on a Different Machine 30
Prepare the Source Machine for View Composer Migration 30
Use the Data Migration Tool to Migrate to the New Machine 32
Migrate View Composer to the New Machine 33
Upgrade ESX Hosts and Virtual Machines 35
Upgrade ESX 3.5 Hosts and Their Virtual Machines 35
Upgrade ESX 4.0 Hosts and Their Virtual Machines 36
Upgrade View Agent 38
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