Upgrade View Clients - VMware View Manager 4.5 Upgrade Manual

VMware View Upgrade Guide

Upgrade View Clients

The final phase of a VMware View upgrade includes upgrading View Clients and upgrading the firmware on
thin client devices if you use them.
Prerequisites
Complete the procedure described in
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page 21.
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.
Verify that client systems have a supported operating system and, if you plan to use the PCoIP display
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protocol, verify that clients meet the additional hardware requirements. See
Systems for View Client and View Client with Local Mode,"
Procedure
1 Have end users upgrade to View 4.5 Client.
Option
Native client
View Portal
Thin client
For the native client and thin client, you can download the View Client installer from the VMware Web
site.
2 Have end users verify that they can log in and connect to their View desktops.
The upgrade process for your View 4.5 deployment is complete.
What to do next
If any of your end users have View 3.1.x or 4.0.x Offline Desktop, upgrade these clients. See
Desktop Clients to View Client with Local Mode,"
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"Upgrade View Connection Servers in a Replicated Group,"
on page 14.
Action
Download and send the View 4.5 Client to your end users or post it on a Web
site and ask end users to download the installer and run it.
For end users with Windows or Mac systems, let your end users know that
the next time they connect to the View Portal, they will be prompted to
download and run the new client installer.
If their existing View Clients require smart cards and end users use Internet
Explorer to connect to View Portal, they will 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.
For end users with Linux systems, the View Portal no longer lets them
connect to View desktops.
Upgrade the thin client firmware and install the new View Client on end
users' client devices.
on page 41.
on
"Supported Operating
"Upgrade Offline
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