Upgrading to Horizon View 6

Courtesy : elgwhoppo.com  
Start the View Composer Upgrade by running the EXE we downloaded already (make sure to run as administrator if you have UAC on). And now, WIZARRRD PICTURES!

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If you use integrated (AD) authentication instead of SQL auth, you will need to make sure you are logged in as the user who has access to the database.
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I re-used the existing certificate. ViewComposer06ViewComposer07ViewComposer08ViewComposer09ViewComposer10ViewComposer11ViewComposer12ViewComposer13

And completed! Next up connection servers.

Stop all connection server services in the replicated instance
** EDIT 5/8/2015 – It is now supported to complete the operation without a complete downtime. Check this blog post for the details! **
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Tada! When it’s finished, make sure to stop the View Connection Server service before continuing on to the next broker. CSUpgrade09

Now start on Connection server 2. 

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Huzzah! Now let’s go start the services. CSUpgrade16

Except, what the heck? At this point, while some of the services would start, the admin page was unresponsive. This is usually indicative of a cert problem, but I made no changes to a working cert with the proper friendly name. CSUpgrade17
After fiddling around and looking at logs, I decided to remove the IIS role.
CSUpgrade18CSUpgrade19After removing the role and restarting the server, I uninstalled and re-installed the Connection Server. (Remember the data is stored in the AD LDS Instance pictured below, not in connection server config files. You can remove-reinstall without losing your database, pool configuration, etc.)CSUpgrade20
During the re-install, you will get this prompt which lets you know that it found the LDS instance and will use that instead of your choice in the Wizard. CSUpgrade21Once I removed the IIS Console all services started and were happy happy. CSUpgrade22Make sure to add your license in post upgrade. CSUpgrade23
Security Server 
Prepare for Upgrade or Reinstall if you need to break the IPsec tunnel between connection broker and security server. vss01Specify the security server paring passwordvss02vss03Gogo upgrade on VSS1!vss04vss05vss06vss07Your information here should be the URL on the public facing side, and your public IP address for the PCoIP external URL. vss08vss09vss10vss11One down, one to go. vss12Make sure to specify the paring password and prepare for upgrade BEFORE clicking here. Revert back to the beginning if you can’t remember how. vss13avss13bvss14vss15vss16vss17vss18
Huzzah! Security servers upgraded to 6.0. Next up, VM side!

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