Upgrading Vsphere Components Separately - VMware View Manager 4.5 Upgrade Manual

Upgrading vSphere Components
Separately
If you upgrade vSphere components separately from VMware View components, you must back up some
View data and reinstall some View software.
Instead of performing an integrated upgrade of VMware View and vSphere components, you can choose to
first upgrade all View components and then upgrade vSphere components, or the reverse. You might also
upgrade only vSphere components when a new version or update of vSphere is released.
When you upgrade vSphere components separately from View components, in addition to following the
instructions in the vSphere Upgrade Guide, you must perform the following tasks:
1 Before you upgrade vCenter Server, back up the VirtualCenter database and the View Composer database.
2 Before you upgrade vCenter Server, back up the View LDAP database from a View Connection Server
instance by using the
For instructions, see the VMware View Administrator's Guide. If you have multiple instances of
View Connection Server in a replicated group, you need only export the data from one instance.
3 If you use View Composer, after you upgrade all ESX hosts that are managed by a particular vCenter Server
instance, restart the View Composer service on that host.
4 After you upgrade VMware Tools in virtual machines that are used as View desktops, reinstall
View Agent.
Reinstalling View Agent guarantees that the drivers in the virtual machine remain compatible with the
other View components.
Step-by-step instructions for running the View Agent installer appear in the VMware View Administrator's
Guide, available by clicking the Help button in View Administrator.
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