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Best practices for upgrading to VMware View 4.5 (1027095)
Purpose
This article discusses best practices that may be useful when upgrading to VMware View 4.5.
Note: This articles assumes that you have read the VMware View Upgrade Guide. The upgrade guide contains definitive information. If there is a discrepancy between the guide and this article, assume that the guide is correct.
Resolution
Compatibility Matrix
View 4.5
View 3 or View 4 Components
Connection Server 4.0.x or 3.1.x
View Agent 4.0.x or 3.1.x
View Client 4.0.x or 3.1.x
Thin Client 4.0.x or 3.1.x
View Composer 1.0 or 2.0
Connection Server 4.5
N/A
Yes
Yes
Yes
Limitations
View Agent 4.5
Yes
N/A
Yes
Yes
Yes
View Client (Windows) 4.5
Yes
Yes
N/A
N/A
Yes
View Client (Mac) 4.5
No
No
N/A
N/A
No
View Client with Local Mode 4.5
No
No
No
No
No
Thin Client 4.5
Yes
Yes
N/A
N/A
Yes
View Composer 2.5
Limitations
No
N/A
N/A
N/A
Notes:
Until both View Connection Server and View Composer are upgraded, View Composer operations do not work. If you have View Connection Server 4.5 and View Composer 1.0 or 2.0, you can connect to the desktops, but no new linked-clone desktops can be created. Also, recompose, rebalance, and refresh operations do not work and you cannot edit the settings for linked-clone pools.
Although View Composer 2.5 can work with View Connection Server 4.0.x or 3.1.x in a limited fashion, this setup is available only for cases where upgrading all View Connection Server instances during the same maintenance window is not feasible. Specifically, new View Composer 2.5 features, such as SysPrep Customization, are not available until you update to View Agent 4.5.
Because View Client with Local Mode is a View 4.5 feature, and its predecessor, Offline Desktop, was an experimental feature, View Client with Local Mode is not backward compatible with View 4.0.x and 3.1.x components.
Requirements
Components
Requirements
View Connection Server 4.5
32 or 64bit Server
Pentium IV 2.0GHz Processor or Higher
One or More 10/100Mbps or higher Network Interface Cards (NICs)
2 GB RAM or higher for Windows Server 2003 32bit host system
4 GB RAM or higher for Windows Server 2008 64bit host system
Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2003 R2 32bit Service Pack 2, or Windows Server 2003 32bit Service Pack 2
Administrator rights on the domain user account used to install View Connection Server 4.5
Valid View 4.5 License Keys
Note: The license keys in VMware View 4.5 consists of 25 characters.
Windows 2000, 2003, or 2008 Active Directory Environment
View Composer 2.5
Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2, Windows Server 2003 R2 Service Pack 2 Standard, Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 Standard
