I’ve never been sure why VMware makes it so hard to download the vSphere client, but I needed it recently for writing my article on installing the vSphere 5.5 client on a domain controller. To reproduce the error to get a screenshot, I needed a copy of the vSphere 5.5 client installer. Of course, VMware tried to do some kind of security through obscurity thing that leaves me browsing to an ESXi box and then clicking the link and downloading the client from their website.

To make this easier for the rest of the populous to access, I’ve decided to write this short post with a direct download link to the vSphere 5.5 client installer as well as ways to download the vsphere client for other versions as well. If anything is missing, let me know and I’ll get it posted.

I intend to update this article with the latest versions as they come out.

VMware vSphere Client 6 versions

Download VMware vSphere Client 6.0 Update 3: VMware-viclient-all-6.0.0-5112508.exe

Download VMware vSphere Client 6.0 Update 2a: VMware-viclient-all-6.0.0-4437566.exe

Download VMware vSphere Client 6.0 Update 2: VMware-viclient-all-6.0.0-3562874.exe

Download VMware vSphere Client 6.0 Update 1: VMware-viclient-all-6.0.0-3016447.exe

Download VMware vSphere Client 6.0: VMware-viclient-all-6.0.0-2502222.exe

VMware vSphere Client 5.5 versions

Download VMware vSphere Client 5.5. Update 3: VMware-viclient-all-5.5.0-3024345.exe

Download VMware vSphere Client 5.5 Update 2: VMware-viclient-all-5.5.0-1993072.exe

Download VMware vSphere Client 5.5 Update 1b: VMware-viclient-all-5.5.0-1880841.exe

Download VMware vSphere Client 5.5 Update C: VMware-viclient-all-5.5.0-1745234.exe

Download VMware vSphere Client 5.5 Update 1a: VMware-viclient-all-5.5.0-1746248.exe

Download VMware vSphere Client 5.5 Update 1VMware-viclient-all-5.5.0-1618071.exe

Download VMware vSphere Client 5.5: VMware-viclient-all-5.5.0-1281650.exe

VMware vSphere Client 5.1 versions

Download VMware vSphere Client 5.1 Update 2a: VMware-viclient-all-5.1.0-1880906.exe

Download VMware vSphere Client 5.1 Update 2: VMware-viclient-all-5.1.0-1471691.exe

Download VMware vSphere Client 5.1 Update 1b: VMware-viclient-all-5.1.0-1235233.exe

Download VMware vSphere Client 5.1 Update 1: VMware-viclient-all-5.1.0-1064113.exe

Download VMware vSphere Client 5.1.0b: VMware-viclient-all-5.1.0-941893.exe

Download VMware vSphere Client 5.1VMware-viclient-all-5.1.0-786111.exe

 

Is it just me or does anyone else feel that VMware is only making it harder for their end users (systems administrators) to do their jobs?