Where do you download vSphere Client 6.7u1? (Part of one of the products? Free or not? What's the deal here?)

[BlackMoonWolf]

So... I've been at this mess for the last few hours. What I want is REALLY simple. I REALLY like the WebUI. But I'd also like the flexibility of using the vSphere Client. Sooo...

WHERE IS IT!?

Based on my currently-installed version, past logic would dictate that the installer filename would be something akin to "VMware-viclient-6.7.0-10302608.exe" but NOWHERE can I find it or any approximation to it.

There is clearly a whole lot of confusion revolving around this. It's also, apparently, part of one of the other vSphere/ESXi/VMWare products you can install... But it's really overly-complicated. (Despite several websites out there touting the new functionality of the Client in 6.7u1...)

I'm not dumb. Hell... I'm a data center engineer. (Which kind of just makes all of this somewhat infuriating/insulting.) I just want to install the damn vSphere Client on my Windows desktop. This seems like a lot to ask, however.

Someone PLEASE definitively/meaningfully SORT and SUMMARIZE this mess?

(Please note that I asked a question that begs a helpful answer. I do not care what YOU 'think' I should be doing or what anyone regards as 'best practices', etc. I want what I want.)

Seriously, though... Thanks in advance to anyone who can help here.

[BlackMoonWolf]

I think that I've finally stumbled upon a realization... There simply is no desktop-based client any longer.

This is a screenshot from a YouTube video called " vSphere 6.7 - How to install and configure VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.7 (VCSA) - YouTube "

The documentation I've been perusing is not clear on this, however... HTML5, etc, etc... Yes. I figure "browser" but there is such a fine line between different types of applications these days that it didn't really register until now...

Is this the actual case? Is there truly no installer EXE to be had?

[IRIX201110141]

The old #C vSphere client was freezed with version 5.5 and after vSphere 6.0 that piece of software was retired and replace by WebGUIs

ESXi = HostClient

vCenter = WebClient (Flash/Flex based)

vCenter= HTML5

Just point your Browser to https://<ipaddress>:443.  IIRC they use the name vSphere Client again for the HMTL5 vCenter version. The HTML5 version will replace the Flex one because it hase no dependancy on a plugin like Flash which will died soon and is only available on Windows. With vSphere 6.7ua the HTML contains 101% of all features. The Certificate MGMT is only available in the HTML5 i think.

Regards,

Joerg