Specifications

7 Click Install.
8 Start the vSphere Web Client by taking one of the following actions.
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If you are starting the vSphere Web Client for the first time, open a supported browser, and go to
https://vSphere_Web_Client_host_name_or_IP:9443/vsphere-client.
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In subsequent sessions, you can start the vSphere Web Client from the Windows Start menu, by
selecting Programs > VMware > VMware vSphere Web Client > vSphere Web Client.
NOTE After you upgrade the vSphere Web Client, when you log in for the first time, you may see the
error message Failed to navigate to desired location. This can happen when a vSphere Web Client
session from the previous version remains open when you upgrade. In this case, refresh the browser
and log in again.
Install a Local Copy of vSphere Web Client Help
If you do not have internet access from the system you use to access the vSphere Web Client, you can
download and deploy a local copy of the online Help.
By default, vSphere Web Client accesses online Help on the Web. This allows the client to access the most
up-to-date version of the Help content.
If you download and deploy Help locally, the local copy is not updated when new Help is published to the
Web. If you deploy local Help, check the download location periodically for updates.
For instructions for downloading and deploying vSphere Web Client online Help locally, see
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2030344.
Install or Upgrade vSphere ESXi Dump Collector
You can configure ESXi to dump the vmkernel memory to a network server, rather than to a disk, when the
system has encountered a critical failure. Install vSphere ESXi Dump Collector to collect such memory
dumps over the network.
If an earlier version of the vSphere ESXi Dump Collector is installed on your system, this procedure
upgrades the vSphere ESXi Dump Collector to the current version.
NOTE In the vCenter Server Appliance, the vSphere ESXi Dump Collector is installed and enabled by
default. These instructions apply to Windows-based deployments.
For instructions on configuring ESXi to dump kernel memory to the network server, see the information
about configuring the vSphere ESXi Dump Collector with esxcli in the vSphere Installation and Setup
documentation.
The vSphere ESXi Dump Collector is most useful for datacenters where ESXi hosts are configured using the
Auto Deploy process, so the ESXi hosts might not have local storage. You can also install the vSphere ESXi
Dump Collector for ESXi hosts that do have local storage, as an additional location where vmkernel memory
dumps can be redirected when critical failures occur.
You can install the vSphere ESXi Dump Collector on the same machine as the associated vCenter Server, or
on a different machine that has network connection to the vCenter Server.
The vSphere ESXi Dump Collector service binds to an IPv4 address for communication with vCenter Server,
and does not support IPv6. The vCenter Server can be on a host machine in an IPv4-only, IPv4/IPv6 mixed-
mode, or IPv6-only network environment, but the machine that connects to the vCenter Server through the
vSphere Web Client must have an IPv4 address for the vSphere ESXi Dump Collector service to work.
Prerequisites
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Verify that you have administrator privileges
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