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Procedure
1 On the existing virtual or physical machine where vCenter Server and View Composer are installed,
download and run the installer for View Composer 2.5, which is the version included with
VMware View 4.5.
a Download the installer from the VMware Web site.
b When the wizard prompts for the View Composer port number, verify that the port number is set to
.
18443
If you are upgrading from View Composer 1.1, the upgrade changes the port number, which was
previously
Step-by-step instructions for running the installer appear in the VMware View Installation Guide.
2 If you are running VirtualCenter Server 2.5, upgrade VirtualCenter Server to vCenter Server 4.0 Update 2,
as described in the vSphere 4.0 Upgrade Guide.
You will complete the upgrade to vCenter Server 4.1 on the destination machine.
3 Use your database tools to make new backups of the vCenter Server database and the View Composer
database.
4 If you upgraded vCenter Server, restart the View Composer service.
5 On the machine that hosts View Connection Server, log in to View Administrator and verify the port
number used for View Composer.
a Edit the configuration for the vCenter Server and if necessary, change the View Composer port to
.
18443
The port number must match the port number specified during the View Composer upgrade.
b Supply the vCenter Server password.
c Select the Enable View Composer check box and click OK.
6 Verify that View Composer is working correctly by creating a test pool.
7 Migrate the RSA key container used by View Composer.
a On the source machine, open a command prompt and change directories to the directory where the
aspnet_regiis
cd %windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.
You might have several copies of the
xxxxx
v2.0.
b Type the
aspnet_regiis -px "SviKeyContainer" "keys.xml" -pri
This command exports the RSA public-private key pair from the SviKeyContainer container to a
keys.xml
c Copy the
8 On the source machine, stop the VMware VirtualCenter Server service and the VMware View Composer
service.
9 Change the host name and IP address of the source machine so that you can use the original name and IP
address on the destination machine.
10 If you want to use the vSphere 4.1 data migration tool, run that tool as described in the chapter about
upgrading to vCenter Server on a different machine and upgrading the existing database, in the vSphere 4.1
Upgrade Guide.
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, to because vCenter Server 4 requires port 8443.
8443 18443
program is located.
directory.
command to save the RSA key pair in a local file.
aspnet_regiis
file.
file to the destination machine.
keys.xml
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xxxxx
program on the computer. Use the one in the
aspnet_regiis
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