VMware ESXi Welcome Getting Started If you need to access this host remotely, use the following program to install vSphere Client software. After running the installer, start the client and log in to this host. Please note that the traditional vSphere Client does not support features added to vSphere in the 5.1 and 5.5 releases. The traditional vSphere Client is intended for use if you need to connect directly to an ESXi host, are performing certain vSphere Update Manager operations, or are running vCenter Plug-ins that support only the vSphere Client such as vCenter Site Recovery Manager or vCenter Multi-Hypervisor Manager. You can take advantage of the fullest range of functionality introduced or updated in this release by using the vSphere Web Client. Download vSphere Client To streamline your IT operations with vSphere, use the following program to install vCenter. vCenter will help you consolidate and optimize workload distribution across ESX hosts, reduce new system deployment time from weeks to seconds, monitor your virtual computing environment around the clock, avoid service disruptions due to planned hardware maintenance or unexpected failure, centralize access control, and automate system administration tasks. Download VMware vCenter If you need more help, please refer to our documentation library: vSphere Documentation For Administrators vSphere Remote Command Line The Remote Command Line allows you to use command line tools to manage vSphere from a client machine. These tools can be used in shell scripts to automate day-to-day operations. Download the Virtual Appliance Download the Windows Installer (exe) Download the Linux Installer (tar.gz) Web-Based Datastore Browser Use your web browser to find and download files (for example, virtual machine and virtual disk files). Browse datastores in this host's inventory For Developers vSphere Web Services SDK Learn about our latest SDKs, Toolkits, and APIs for managing VMware ESX, ESXi, and VMware vCenter. Get sample code, reference documentation, participate in our Forum Discussions, and view our latest Sessions and Webinars. Learn more about the Web Services SDK Browse objects managed by this host Copyright © 1998-2014 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved. This product is protected by copyright and intellectual property laws in the United States and other countries as well as by international treaties. VMware products are covered by one or more patents listed at http://www.vmware.com/go/patents. VMware is a registered trademark or trademark of VMware, Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies. VMware products may contain individual open source software components, each of which has its own copyright and applicable license conditions. Please visit http://www.vmware.com/info?id=1127 for more information.