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Installing the vSphere Web Client (2032890)
Purpose
This article provides the prerequisites and the steps for installing the vSphere Web Client.
Note: For more information, see the vSphere Installation and Setup Guide. This guide contains definitive information. If there is a discrepancy between the guide and the article, assume the guide is correct.
Resolution
The vSphere Web Client runs in your browser and allows you connect to a vCenter Server system to manage your vSphere environment .
Prerequisites
Before installing or upgrading the vSphere Web Client, ensure that:
The vCenter Single Sign On is installed and the Inventory Service and vCenter Server are upgraded or installed with version 5.1.
The vSphere Web Client and vCenter Server are registered to the same vCenter Single Sign On server. This ensures that the vSphere Web Client can access the vCenter Server inventory.
All browsers are closed.
You log in as a member of the Administrators group on the host machine, with a user name that does not contain any non-ASCII characters.
Installing the vSphere Web Client
To install the vSphere Web Client:
Launch autorun.exe from within the vCenter Server media to start the installer.
Select VMware vSphere Web Client and click Install.
Follow the prompts in the installation wizard to choose the installer language and agree to the end user patent and license agreements.
Accept or change the default port settings.
Enter the information to register the vSphere Web Client with vCenter Single Sign On.
Notes:
The vCenter Single Sign On administrator user name is admin@System-Domain and the password must match the password you entered for the administrator user when you installed vCenter Single Sign On.
The Lookup Service URL takes the form https://SSO_host_FQDN_or_IP:7444/lookupservice/sdk, where 7444 is the default vCenter Single Sign On HTTPS port number.
Your entry should match the entry you made when you installed vCenter Single Sign On. If you entered a different port number when you installed vCenter Single Sign On, use that port number.
If you installed vCenter Single Sign On in a vCenter Server Appliance, you can enter the Single Sign On Admin user as root@localos. In this case, the password is the root password of the vCenter Server Appliance. The Lookup Service URL takes the form https://vCenter_Appliance_IP_or_host_name:{7444}/lookupservice/sdk.
Click Install.
Start the vSphere Web Client, using one of these methods:
In a browser, go to https://vSphere_Web_Client_host_name_or_IP:9443/vsphere-client.
In the Windows Start menu, navigate to Programs > VMWare > VMware vSphere Web Client > vSphere Web Client.
Note: For more information on installing the vSphere Web Client and other vCenter Server Components, see the Install vCenter Server Components section of the vSphere Installation and Setup Guide.
