Release date: September 5th 2022
Welcome to my VMware Horizon series. The new version of VMware Horizon, 2206, was GA on July 19th 2022. According to the VMware Horizon 8 2206 Release Notes, it is now possible to create Custom Compute Profiles for desktop pools, which is very handy. There are also much appreciated upgrades to the Horizon Linux Agent.
Anyhow, in this section I will describe how I upgraded my VMware Horizon infrastructure to v. 2206. But first, at what point in an upgrade procedure should we upgrade the VMware Horizon Components? According to VMware’s official documentation, this should be done as shown below.
Prior to upgrading Horizon, I check out VMware Product Interoperability Matrices to see that my planned upgrade path is supported.
The procedure used for upgrading is as follows:
- Upgrade HAProxy Load Balancer
- Upgrade Horizon Clients (Repository)
- Upgrade Workspace One Access
- Upgrade Connection servers
- Upgrade Enrollment server
- Upgrade Recording Server
- Upgrade UAG’s
- OSOT MDT Plugin (No upgrades available)
- Upgrade Horizon Agent
- Upgrade GPO-Bundle
VMware Horizon planning, deployment etc.
Official VMware Horizon 8 Documentation
Disclaimer: Every tips/tricks/posting I have published here, is tried and tested in different it-solutions. It is not guaranteed to work everywhere, but is meant as a tip for other users out there. Remember, Google is your friend and don’t be afraid to steal with pride! Feel free to comment below as needed.
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