Recently we have installed some dev machines using Windows 10 as the latest system by Microsoft. Since we’re using VMware ESXI 5.1, we wanted to use the vSphere client to access the VM host using this GUI. However, we ran into issues installing the vSphere setup to the brand new Windows 10. Mar 28, 2016 - Download VMware vSphere Client 6.0 Update 2a. I am planning to deploy windows 2012, and use esxi (free version) as the hypervisor. I cant make up my. I have emailed them about this issue 10 times and no answer. VSphere Client Downloads. Smart driver updater. Posted by Joseph Turley. Attempting to download the vSphere client from VMware certainly qualifies. I just updated my primary work Windows machine and gave the vmWare download site a big WTF when trying to find the vSphere client installer. All Downloads.

The web client is the new and strongly preferred mechanism to manage your vSphere environment. In fact, the Windows VI client now comes up with a big warning that it’s going the way of the dodo bird when you launch it. I suspect in vSphere 6.0 the Windows VI client as we know it will not exist. Yes, today SRM and parts of VUM still need the Windows client. So we will be installing it later on. Remember the web client is the only way to modify hardware v10 VMs. In this post we will install the web client and replace the SSL certificates with trusted ones, by using the VMware certificate tool.

Installation and SSL certificate replacement is straight forward. There is one installation gotcha that I elaborate on below.

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Getting IE 10 on Windows Server 2012 can be a bit frustrating to get working with the web client, so I’ll go over that as well. Blog Series vSphere 5.5 Install Pt. 11: Install Web Client Permalink to this series: Permalink to the Toolkit script: Install Web Client 1. Mount your vCenter 5.5 ISO and launch the installer. On the installer screen select vSphere Web Client then click Install.

Accept the license agreement then we see the Destination Folder. Now you may be thinking, like I did, ok let’s install this on the D drive. Bzzzttt that would be bad. There’s a long standing issue (since 5.1) with the web client that it will only function on the C drive. So I would urge you not to change the path if you want a functional system.

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Accept the default ports. Enter the SSO password that you entered during the SSO configuration. Verify that the lookup service URL is correct. The web client should now pop up with a hash value of the lookup service certificate.

Ben 10 ultimate alien games. If you have already replaced your SSO certificate, as covered in Part 10, then we can verify the web client is using the trusted SSO certificate. Double click on the rui.crt file in your vCenter SSO and go to the Details tab. Scroll all the way down and verify the hashes match.

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As you can see here, they are match. Another window should pop up that lists some certificates. In my case three certificates were listed: Root, intermediate, and the SSO service. All were issued from my trusted CA, so I clicked Install Certificates.

The installer was then ready to install so I clicked Install. Wait a few minutes after the installer is done so the web services can start up. Replace SSL Certificates 1. Launch the VMware SSL automation tool. From the main menu select option 7. On the next menu first select option 4, and after that completes, select option 6. Each time you will be asked to confirm details such as the certificate path, username and password.

All values should be pre-configured for you. You should see two successful messages. Configure IE 10 Using IE on Windows Server 2012 requires a bit of reconfiguration to enable it to work with the web client. Unfortunately the web client is Flash based (terrible idea, should use HTML5), and Microsoft built flash player into Windows 8/WS2012 (also a terrible idea IMHO). If you skipped over my vCenter VM provisioning section, you must have the Desktop Experience enabled for Flash to work. If that feature is not enabled (and subsequently fully patched by Windows update/WSUS/SCCM), Flash will be non-functional or outdated.

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The web client is very picky about what version of Flash is installed. If IE Enhanced Security is on, turn it off. Open IE and navigate to the URL for the web client: YourFQDN:9443/vsphere-client. The web page will likely come up blank white page. This is because IE is blocking Flash player.