VMware vSphere 5.

1: Install, Configure, Manage Lab Addendum Lab 1: Install VMware vSphere Graphical User Interfaces
Document Version: 2012-11-28

Please note that the sequence of the lab addenda differs slightly from the sequence of the VMware vSphere Install, Configure, Manage 5.1 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 5.1 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. Click on the vclient icon in the topology. 2. Login to the vclient using Administrator as the username with an empty password field. 3. Double-click the VMware vCenter Installer link on the desktop.

4. Click on vSphere Client and then click Install.

5. 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. 6. On the Welcome page, click Next. 7. On the End-User Patent Agreement page, click Next. 8. On the License Agreement page, select I agree to the terms in the license agreement and click Next.

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9. On the Destination Folder page, leave the default and click Next. 10. On the Ready to Install the Program page, click Install. 11. 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. This process will take a few minutes to complete. 12. 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. 13. Click Finish when the installation is complete. 14. Close the VMware vCenter Installer window. 15. Verify that the vSphere Client icon is on the desktop of the vCenter Server system. 16. Double-click the vSphere Client icon. 17. At the vSphere Client login screen: a. Enter the Name of the ESXi host, esxi-1. b. Log in as user root. c. Enter roots password, vmware123. A security warning message appears. 18. Select the check box Install this certificate and do not display any security warnings for <hostname> to prevent this warning from being displayed in the future. Click Ignore to proceed with the connection.

19. Click OK when a VMware Evaluation Notice window appears stating when your evaluation license will expire. The vSphere Client Inventory page appears.

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20. You are presented with the Home screen. Under the Inventory pane, click the Inventory icon. 21. Verify that your ESXi host is displayed at the top of the inventory view on the left side of the window. 22. In the vSphere Client menu bar, select File > Exit to close the vSphere Client.

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