Install The Vsphere Client - VMware ESX 4.0 - INSTALLATION GUIDE UPDATE 1 Installation Manual

ESX and vCenter Server Installation Guide

Install the vSphere Client

The vSphere Client enables you to connect to an ESX/ESXi host and to a vCenter Server system.
Prerequisites
You must have the vCenter Server installer or the vSphere Client installer.
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You must be a member of the Administrators group on the machine.
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Procedure
1 Run the vSphere Client installer.
In the vCenter Server installer, double-click the
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click VMware vSphere Client.
If you downloaded the vSphere Client, double-click the
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2 Choose a language for the installer and click OK.
This selection controls the language only for the installer. When you use the vSphere Client, the vSphere
Client appears in the language associated with the locale setting on the machine. You can alter this behavior
with a command-line instruction or by changing the locale in the registry of the machine. See Basic System
Administration.
3 When the Welcome screen appears, click Next.
4 Select I agree to the terms in the license agreement and click Next.
5 Type your user name and company name and click Next.
6 Select Install VMware vSphere Host Update Utility to manage host patches, updates, and upgrades from
this machine and click Next.
For large deployments and for environments with clustered hosts, VMware recommends that you use
vCenter Update Manager instead of the vSphere Host Update Utility.
7 Accept the default installation location and click Next, or click Change to select a different location and
click Next.
8 Click Install to begin the installation.
9 Click Finish to complete the installation.
You can use the vSphere Client to connect to an ESX/ESXi host or to connect to a vCenter Server system.
Start the vSphere Client
After you install the vSphere Client, you can connect to an ESX/ESXi host and to a vCenter Server system.
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is disabled. When you use the Guest account to log in to Windows, you cannot access the applications that are
already installed on the computer.
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file at
autorun.exe C:\<vc-installer location>\
VMware-viclient.exe
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file.
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