Where can I find the VMware vSphere client?

Question

VMware's download site is very frustrating. I am unable to find where the download link to the vSphere client is.

Did they rename this tool? How can I get it?

score 71 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 18 '15 at 07:53

I found someone's blog who had the same problem. He points to hardcoded links to VMware's clients: (And another blog)

vSphere v6.0

VMware vSphere Client v6.0: VMware-viclient-all-6.0.0-2502222.exe

vSphere v5.5

VMware vSphere Client v5.5.0: VMware-viclient-all-5.5.0-1281650.exe
Download vSphere Client 5.5 Update 1: VMware-viclient-all-5.5.0-1618071.exe
Download vSphere Client 5.5 Update 1b: VMware-viclient-all-5.5.0-1880841.exe
Download vSphere Client 5.5 Update 2: VMware-viclient-all-5.5.0-1993072.exe

vSphere v5.1

VMware vSphere Client v5.1: VMware-viclient-all-5.1.0-786111.exe
VMware vSphere Client 5.1.0a: VMware-viclient-all-5.1.0-860230.exe (seems to be not available 7-17-2014)
VMware vSphere Client 5.1.0b: VMware-viclient-all-5.1.0-941893.exe
VMware vSphere Client 5.1 Update 1: VMware-viclient-all-5.1.0-1064113.exe
VMware vSphere Client 5.1 Update 1: VMware-viclient-all-5.1.0-1235233.exe

vSphere v5.0

VMware vSphere Client v5.0: VMware-viclient-all-5.0.0-455964.exe
VMware vSphere Client v5.0 Update 1: VMware-viclient-all-5.0.0-623373.exe
VMware vSphere Client v5.0 Update 1b: VMware-viclient-all-5.0.0-804277.exe
VMware vSphere Client v5.0 Update 2: VMware-viclient-all-5.0.0-913577.exe

vSphere v4.1

VMware vSphere Client v4.1: VMware-viclient-all-4.1.0-258902.exe
VMware vSphere Client v4.1 Update 1: VMware-viclient-all-4.1.0-345043.exe
VMware vSphere Client v4.1 Update 2: VMware-viclient-all-4.1.0-491557.exe
VMware vSphere Client v4.1 Update 3: VMware-viclient-all-4.1.0-799345.exe
VMware vSphere Client v4.1 Update 3a: VMware-viclient-all-4.1.0-925676.exe

Mengdi Gao · Answer 2 · 2016-04-04T06:59:45.073

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Download links of all versions of VMware vSphere Clients was officially provided by VMware since 2014-12-15.

edited Apr 04 '16 at 06:59

answered Feb 06 '15 at 17:28

Mengdi Gao

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score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 20 '12 at 16:17

http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2010/06/vmware-vsphere-client-install/

If you have installed VMware ESXi server, you can manage the ESXi server using vSphere client. vSphere client works only on Windows host. If you don’t have vSphere client installed, download it from your local VMware Server home page. i.e go to http://{your-vmware-server-ip} to download vSphere client.

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 20 '16 at 08:18

In addition to the desktop client there is also a vSphere web client available (at least since 5.5).

Beware that in the future (past version 6.0) the desktop client might be discontinued and the vSphere web client might become the default to interact with the servers. At least according to this blog post from Dennis Lu who's the product manager for the vSphere web client.