VMware App Volumes – Upgrade Manager to v. 2103

Release date: April 11th 2021

Welcome to my VMware App Volumes series. In this session I will describe the steps I took to upgrade my App Volumes Manager. My initial installation of VMware App Volumes was done with v. 2.14. I have since upgraded several times. In this session I will upgrade to v. 2103 which was released on March 23rd 2021, build 4.4.0.79.

Before I do the upgrade of App Volumes manager, I shut down the server and take a snapshot. I also make sure to do a database backup of the App Volumes database. I furthermore check out the release notes from VMware posted here: VMware App Volumes 4, version 2103 Release Notes

I also check out the compability vs. Horizon, here: VMware Product Interoperability Matrices

The necessary installation media I download from My VMware and unpack the ISO-file. From the «Installation» folder I launch the setup.msi file

The App Volumes 2103 Installation Wizard launches, Next…

I accept the license terms, Next…

In the App Volumes Install Screen, I select “Install App Volumes Manager”, Install…

This selection launches the App Volumes Manager Installation Wizard, Next…

Install…

OK to reboot afterwards…

When the App Volumes Installation Wizard finishes, Finish…

After the upgrade is complete, I verify installed version and reboot the server. If everything works as planned afterwards, I delete the snapshot I created beforehand. This completes my upgrade of the VMware App Volumes Manager. I will now proceed with updating the App Volumes Agent, posted here: VMware App Volumes – Upgrade Agent

VMware App Volumes Product Page

VMware App Volumes planning, deployment etc.

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