It's relatively easy for non-Windows users to set up the VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA). To begin, install vCSA with a Mac download, open the vCenter CD media and navigate to the vcsa-ui-installer/mac folder. But on May 2016 VMware has announced that the Legacy C# Client (aka thick client, desktop client, or vSphere Client) will no longer be available with the vSphere 6.5 release, replaced by web-based clients.
VMware has demonstrated a new client application for its vCenter management tools that runs on the Apple iPad.
The application will be available before the end of the year from the App Store, said Steve Herrod, VMware’s CTO, at the company’s VMworld Europe conference on Tuesday.
It won’t offer all the management features of the vCenter desktop client. It has been designed from scratch for Apple’s tablet and will have the features admins are most likely to use while on the road. They’ll be able to see the status of virtual machines and whether there are any alerts, for example, Herrod said.
The main interest around smartphones and tablets is using them to access enterprise applications and desktops, he said. To allow that, VMware is working on versions of its View client, which allows users to access Windows desktops virtually, for the iPad and the iPhone. They will show up in the first half of next year, according to Herrod.
One nice feature with the View client for the iPad is a virtual trackpad that appears on the screen for navigation.
A View client for Android is also on the way, Herod promised, even if it is not at the top of VMware’s priority list. Herrod didn’t commit to a time frame when it will arrive.
While VMware View provides access to applications running on a central server, Vmware is also working to bring full virtualization to mobile devices, allowing them to run multiple operating environments, much as servers and desktops can today.
For that technology, Android is its platform of choice. Product announcements will be made early next year in that area, with part of the goal being to provide a safe, separate work environment on the devices. The product will be called the Mobile Virtualization Platform.
VMware had to learn the hard way that developing a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on smartphones is not the way to go. It limited the number of devices on which mobile virtualization could be made available, Herrod said.
VMware has been late to the game in the mobile space, but Herrod said enterprises should expect a lot more announcements going forward. The company has seen the same growing interest in mobile as everybody else and now has a team in place to look at this area, he said.
To install wine on Linux:
Vcenter Desktop Client For Mac Os X
• Follow the instructions found here
To Install wine on Mac:
• First install Homebrew (run this in Terminal):
• Then run this command to finish the setup:
• 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.
Vmware Vsphere Desktop Client Download
• Run the installer (replace the directory path with the path to your .exe file):
• Follow all the instructions in the installer.Vsphere 6.0 Desktop Client
• 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.• 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!