migrate virtual machines from view 5.1 5.2 view Horizons

Rather than upgrade my current view 5.1 deployment, I'm looking to the installation environment a separate Horizon view 5.2 to migrate to. (1 VCS and 1 VSS)  My users are on dedicated desktop computers that I want to keep during the migration to the new environment.  Is it possible to add desktop computers in a pool without using the template for the pool?   What is the best way to do it?

Thanks in advance.

This depends a lot on whether the pool of dedicated assignment users using right now cosists of related or desktop full clone clones. If you use clones related, there are not many things can be done, except so use the Windows Easy Transfer utility to export the profiles of existing virtual machines, hover over the users to a new pool and then use WET to restore their profiles. In addition, if you use Persona for the existing pool, which would save the profile and settings, but any installed application would go when users have been moved to the new linked clone pool.

If you use full clone desktop computers, you could remove the portal administrator existing display, but not delete disk can create a pool of manual in the new portal administrator display and add the desktop full clone existing to the new pool. This assumes that the old display environment and a new share a common vCenter Server and underlying hosts. Otherwise, you will need to pass a complete clone of a vCenter to another (probably by exporting an ovf of this virtual machine) and then import it into the new.

I think that there are options, but none of them are ideal. In any case, it would be a good idea to use something like the WET utility to ensure that you have a valid backup of the user's profile before you do anything else.

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