You can upgrade this management pack to a newer version by selecting the appropriate options and customizations.

Prerequisites

Use the VMware Product Interoperability Matrix to verify if your current VMware Horizon version is compatible with VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Horizon version that you want to upgrade to.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the VMware Aria Operations user interface with administrator privileges.
  2. In the left pane of VMware Aria Operations, click Data Sources > Integration > Repository.
  3. On the Repository tab, click Add.
    Or,
    1. On the Repository tab, select VMware Horizon.
    2. Click the ellipse (3 dots) icon and select Upgrade.
  4. Browse to locate the temporary folder and select the PAK file.
  5. Select the Install the PAK file even if it is already installed checkbox.
    This selection reloads the PAK file but retains the custom preferences of the user. Also, this selection does not overwrite or update the solution alerts, symptoms, recommendations, and policies.
  6. (Optional) Select the Reset Default Content, overwriting to a newer version provided by this update checkbox.
    This selection reloads the PAK file and overwrites the existing solution alerts, symptoms, recommendations, and policies with newer versions provided with the current PAK file.
  7. Click Upload.
    The upload might take several minutes.
  8. Read and accept the EULA and click Next.
  9. When the upgrade is complete, click Finish.
    After the upgrade completes, verify the VMware Horizon version number, the available metrics, and the content details.
  10. On the Data Sources > Integration page, select the configured VMware Horizon adapter and click Validate Connection to validate the connection.
  11. Accept the certificate and save the adapter settings.

Restart the VMware Horizon Adapter Instance

After you upgrade the VMware Horizon adapter, ensure to restart the VMware Horizon adapter instance.

  1. On the Data Sources > Integration page, select the configured VMware Horizon adapter and click Stop Collecting.

    It takes few seconds to stop the VMware Horizon adapter data collection.

  2. Select the VMware Horizon adapter again and click Start Collecting.

The VMware Horizon adapter instance is restarted.

You can also restart the VMware Horizon adapter from the Environment page.

  1. Navigate to Environment -> Inventory Select Adapter Instance -> Horizon Adapater.
  2. Click the configured Horizon adapter Stop Collecting and Start Collecting. This does restart the adapter and adapter goes to OK status.