Horizon View 5.2 compatibility, upgrade, convert Linked Clones to persistent?

I checked the compatibility matrix and it says that 5.2 will run on vSphere/vCenter 5.0.   Any caveats?

To simplify my upgrade from 5.01 to 5.2,  could I install the 5.2 environment on the existing vSphere hosts,  remove the VMs from the existing 5.0 pools, upgrade their View Agents to 5.2,  add them to new 5.2 Connection server/pools,  and then have the Zero clients point to the new Connection server?

Also,  can I convert 5.01 Linked Clones into persistent desktops?

Thanks,

-MattG