Upgrade Offline Desktop Clients To View Client With Local Mode - VMware View Manager 4.5 Upgrade Manual

Upgrade Offline Desktop Clients to View Client with Local Mode

Offline Desktop was an experimental feature of VMware View 3.1.x and 4.0.x, but you can upgrade to the fully
supported View Client with Local Mode available with View 4.5.
Prerequisites
Verify that you have either a local user account with administrative privileges or a domain user account
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with administrative privileges on hosts that you will use to run the installer and perform the upgrade.
Verify that client computers have a supported operating system and can accommodate the View desktop
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that end users plan to download and run locally. See
View Client with Local Mode,"
Procedure
1 Have end users check in their View 3.1.x or 4.0.x offline desktops.
2 Have end users delete the folder that contains the files that make up their offline desktops.
Desktop Operating System
Default directory on Windows 7 and
Windows Vista
Default directory on Windows XP
3 Upgrade all components that need to be upgraded.
These components might include View Connection Server, View Composer, vCenter Server, ESX hosts,
virtual machines, VMware Tools in virtual machines, and View Agent in virtual machines.
4 Install and configure a View Transfer Server instance, as described in the VMware View 4.5 Installation
Guide.
As of VMware View 4.5, the View Transfer Server component transfers data between local client devices
and the datacenter during check in, check out, replication, and system-image provisioning operations.
5 Have end users upgrade to View Client with Local Mode.
Client Type
Native client
View Portal
For the native client, you can download the View Client Local Mode installer from the VMware Web site.
6 Have end users verify that they can log in and connect to their upgraded View desktops.
VMware, Inc.
"Supported Operating Systems for View Client and
on page 14.
Check-out Directory
User Name \AppData\Local\VMware\VDM\Offline Desktops
C:\Users\
\ pool_display_name
C:\Documents and Settings\
\Application Data\VMware\VDM\Offline Desktops
pool_display_name
\
Action
Download and send the View 4.5 Client with Local Mode to your end users
or post it on a Web site and ask end users to download the installer and run
it.
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. Direct
them to choose the View Client with Local Mode installer.
Chapter 5 Upgrading VMware View Components
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