VMware vSphere 5.

0: Install, Configure, Manage Lab Addendum Lab 1: Install VMware vSphere Graphical User Interfaces
Document Version: 2012-02-28

Please note that the sequence of the lab addenda differs slightly from the sequence of the VMware vSphere Install, Configure, Manage 5.0 labs. This is necessary in order to provide compatibility with NETLAB+. The labs should be performed in the order of the lab addenda.

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1 Introduction ................................................................................................................ 3 2 Objective: Install the vSphere Client........................................................................... 3 3 Pod Topology .............................................................................................................. 4 Task 1 Install the vSphere Client on the vclient system .................................................. 5

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Introduction

This lab provides detailed guidance on performing Lab 1, Install VMware vSphere Graphical Interfaces of the VMware vSphere 5.0 Install, Configure, Manage course, using a NETLAB+ system.

Objective: Install the vSphere Client

In this lab, you will be using the vclient machine to complete your objective. You will be performing the following task: Install the vSphere Client on the vClient system.

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Pod Topology

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Task 1

Install the vSphere Client on the vclient system

In this task, you install the VMware vSphere Client. 1. Double-click the VMware vCenter Installer link on the desktop. and then click on Install.

2. Click on vSphere Client and then click Install.

3. Choose the setup language, English, and click OK. This installation will take a few minutes. The installation window has a tendency to disappear between steps but will reappear a few seconds later. 4. On the Welcome page, click Next. 5. On the End-User Patent Agreement page, click Next. 6. On the License Agreement page, select I agree to the terms in the license agreement and click Next.

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7. On the Customer Information page, enter the customer information values shown in the picture below, and then click Next.

8. On the Destination Folder page, leave the default and click Next. 9. On the Ready to Install the Program page, click Install. 10. If the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 Setup window opens select the radio button next to I have read and ACCEPT the terms of the License Agreement and then click Install. 11. If you are prompted to restart your computer when the .NET Framework software has been installed, choose Restart Later and the vSphere Client installation will continue. If you choose Restart Now, you will have to restart the installation when the VM reboots. Note: After you choose Restart Later, it will take a minute or two for the vSphere Client installation to continue. 12. Click Finish when the installation is complete. 13. Close the VMware vCenter Installer window. 14. Verify that the vSphere Client icon is on the desktop of the vCenter Server system. 15. Logoff of the vclient system. 16. Close the vclient console window.

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