Hey gbtechsAT,
I am in the process of doing the same upgrade from a 4.6 CS on Win2003 32-bit to View Horizon 5.2 Windows 2008 64-bit
My plan is very similar:
- Install View CS 5.2 on a Windows 2008 64-bit OS as a Replica role and connect to the 4.6 environment
- Allow data to replicate
- Swing existing View clients that were once connected to the old 4.6 connection server to the new 5.2 connection server by changing the view client connection server name (no load balancer in place, and I'm trying to minimize any downtime)
- Upgrade Composer
- Uninstall 4.6 off of the old Windows 2003 32-bit OS once all View Clients have been directed to the new 5.2 CS.
- Upgrade vCenter and then the ESX hosts from 4.x to ESX 5.1 update 1
Can View CS 4.6 and the new 5.2 exist in the same replication group?
And will adding the 5.2 into the same 4.6 replication group disconnect any existing View connections session established with the 4.6 CS server? Currently Secure Tunnel is configure on the 4.6 CS server and Direct Mode is not being used.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Xay Phongmany