Upgrade Horizon Agent on a Linux Virtual Machine

You can upgrade Horizon Agent on a Linux virtual machine by installing the latest version of Horizon Agent.

Prerequisites

Verify that the VMwareBlastServer process is not running. To stop this process, use one of the following methods:

• Ensure that the user logs off the machine and no desktop session is active.
• Restart the virtual machine.

Procedure

1. Download the latest installer file for Horizon Agent for Linux from the VMware download site at https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/downloads.
   Navigate to the download page for the current release of VMware Horizon. In the product downloads list, find the installer file for Horizon Agent for 64-bit Linux systems.

   The installer filename is VMware-horizonagent-linux-x86_64-YYMM-y.y.y-xxxxxxx.tar.gz for 64-bit Linux, where YYMM is the marketing version number, y.y.y is the internal version number, and xxxxxxx is the build number.

2. Unpack the tarball for your Linux distribution.
   For example:

   tar -xzvf VMware-horizonagent-linux-x86_64-YYMM-y.y.y-xxxxxxx.tar.gz

3. Navigate to the tarball folder.
4. To upgrade an unmanaged virtual machine, run the install_viewagent.sh script using one of the following upgrade scenarios.

   Option	Description
   Upgrade an unmanaged virtual machine deployment and retain the unmanaged virtual machine deployment	sudo ./install_viewagent.sh -A yes -M no This upgrade scenario does not require the creation of a new desktop pool. You can reuse the existing desktop pool based on the virtual machine. Note: To ensure the best possible performance, refrain from deploying an unmanaged virtual machine and deploy a managed virtual machine instead.
   Upgrade an unmanaged virtual machine deployment and change it to managed virtual machine deployment	sudo ./install_viewagent.sh -A yes -M yes Note: In Horizon Console, delete the existing desktop pool from the unmanaged virtual machine deployment and create a new desktop pool for the managed virtual machine deployment. For more info, see Create a Manual Desktop Pool for Linux.
   Upgrade a managed virtual machine deployment	sudo ./install_viewagent.sh -A yes -M yes Note: After upgrading Horizon Agent, you can reuse the existing desktop pool based on the virtual machines.

   For a detailed list of the optional parameters available for the install_viewagent.sh script, see install_viewagent.sh Command-Line Options.