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In vSphere 6.5 and later, the vSphere Client is installed as part of the vCenter Server on Windows or the

vCenter Server Appliance deployment. This way, the vSphere Client always points to the same vCenter

Single Sign-On instance.

Procedure

1 Open a Web browser and enter the URL for the vSphere Client:

https://vcenter_server_ip_address_or_fqdn/ui. To use the vSphere Web Client, enter the

URL: https://vcenter_server_ip_address_or_fqdn/vsphere-client.

2 Enter the credentials of a user who has permissions on vCenter Server, and click Login.

3 If a warning message about an untrusted SSL certificate appears, select the appropriate action based

on your security policy.

Option Action

Ignore the security warning for this

Click Ignore.

Ignore the security warning for this

certificate so that the warning does not

appear again.

Select Install this certificate and do not display any security warnings for

this server and click Ignore.

Select this option only if using the default certificate does not present a security

problem in your environment.

Cancel and install a signed certificate

before proceeding.

Click Cancel and ensure that a signed certificate is installed on the vCenter

Server system before you attempt to connect again.

4 To logout, click the user name at the top of the vSphere Client window and select Logout.

The vSphere Client connects to all the vCenter Server systems on which the specified user has

permissions, allowing you to view and manage your inventory.

Use the vSphere Client Navigator

You can use the navigator to browse and select objects in the vSphere Client inventory as an alternative

to the hierarchical inventory tree.

Unlike the inventory tree, which presents hierarchical arrangements of parent and child objects arranged

in the Hosts and Clusters, VMs and Templates, Storage, and Networking views, the navigator presents a

graph-based view of the inventory. You can navigate from an object to its related objects, regardless of

type.

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