Where can I find the VMware vSphere client?

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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

This is now outdated, as is the blog. Mengdi's answer below links to the official VMware KB article. http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2089791. — hajamie, Apr 24 '15 at 12:33
How can a company this big fail so hard on such simple things is beyond me... PS: The answer of @Mendi is also outdated. — Black, Oct 24 '22 at 08:27

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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This is the best answer as it points to VMWare official page – Stéphane Oct 04 '16 at 12:33
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Except the link is dead – HackSlash Jun 17 '21 at 18:17
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Fix your link or get rid of answer. – B. Shea Jul 14 '22 at 17:12

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

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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.

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I read this too, however the server has a webserver running so these requests simply get forwarded to apache. I've downloaded the client direct from them before...I just need to do it again :( – OnResolve Jun 20 '12 at 16:19
That should be `http://{your-esx-server-ip}/` and not any of the host's IPs. There's also a [slightly more canonical reference](http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-4-esxi-installable-vcenter/index.jsp?topic=/com.vmware.vsphere.gsinstallable.doc_41/common/install/t_down_client.html). – Ladadadada Feb 23 '13 at 21:50
That only provides a link directly to the same version as the ESXi host which is likely older than current. My ESXi host version is incompatible with Windows 8.1 that I was trying to install it on. – BeowulfNode42 Nov 28 '13 at 13:36

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.