To install wine on Linux:
• Follow the instructions found here
To Install wine on Mac:
Increased platform support – With vSphere 5.5, full client support for Mac OS X is now available in the vSphere Web Client. This includes native remote console for a virtual machine. Administrators and end users can now access and manage their vSphere environment using the desktop platform they are most comfortable with. In early 2016, VMware began including the embedded HTML5 host client for managing ESXi in version 6.0 U2 from your web browser. Meant to connect to and manage single ESXi clients, it’s a great solution for users getting started with a dedicated Mac (like a quad-core mini or a Mac Pro) running VMware at MacStadium.
• First install Homebrew (run this in Terminal):
• Then run this command to finish the setup:NOTE: After installation of the ESXi Driver Rollup ISO, VMware strongly recommends applying the ESXi 5.5.0 patches related to Heartbleed, a serious vulnerability in OpenSSL version 1.0.1a-f. See KB2076121 and KB2076589 for details. NOTE: This image should not be used for ESXi upgrades. ESXi 5.5.0 Driver Rollup Release Notes. Download vSphere client for ESXi 6.0, 5.5, 5.1, 5.0, 4.1, 4.0, Download and install vSphere client for all ESXi versions. How to manage ESXi host/server. To access a virtual machine's console in the vSphere Web Client, you must install the Client Integration Plug-in. A fully supported version of the HTML5 client is released with vSphere 6.5, and the official name will be vSphere Client. We won't be renaming this Fling, but may start saying things like 'vSphere Client Fling' in addition to the other terms we've used before.
• Once Homebrew is installed now wine can be installed:
**Note: If any errors occur, feel free to post comments and also look at this webpage for more help.• Go to the ip address of the ESXi host. (EX: http://192.168.1.202/)
**Note: Ignore any security warnings that your browser might bring up.
• Download the vSphere client by clicking on the link. A .EXE file should start downloading.
• Run the installer (replace the directory path with the path to your .exe file):
• Follow all the instructions in the installer.• If you get a error because the .NET framework needs to be installed I will post about how to fix that later.
• MOST of the time, a error will appear saying the the hcmon driver failed to install. DO NOT CLICK CANCEL.
• Navigate to the /.wine directory, and temporarily move it to your desktop. (Finder - Go - Go to folder - ~/.wine)
• Now you can click cancel, the installer will say it failed to install, this is fine, close the installer.
• Now you can move your .wine folder back to its original place (/Users/[name]/.wine)
• The vSphere client should now be installed.
• In Terminal navigate to the folder where the client exe is located (not the installer):
• Then run the Client with this command: • If a screen opens up asking for a username and password then everything is working.Esxi 5.5 Download Vsphere Client For Mac
• In the Host Box, type the Host's IP address (the one that we used to download the installer).
• Then put in your username and password (default username is 'root').
• If you are brought to a screen that asks about credentials and certificates, click Ignore.
• If all works, then the client should connect!
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VMWare vSphere 5.5 can be adminstered remotely using VMWare vSphere Client 5.5. Once you install vSphere, you can connect to it remotely using vSphere Client.
You can download it directly from the following location:
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1. | VMWare vSphere Cient 5.5.0 |
2. | VMWare vSphere Client 5.5 Update 1 |
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After downloading it, install it. The installation is a series of dialog boxes and is quite straight forward. Once installation is done, to connect to the remote host, enter the hostname or the IP address of the server followed by username and password.
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This connects you to the remote vSphere server. Now you can adminster this Server and Virtual machines running on it using this client interface.