New Vsphere Client Cant Connect Old One

[muharrembeyaz]

Hello;

I wanna ask question about Vsphere client 5.5.

Why new client cant connect old ones (5.0 or 5.1 series)

Thank You

[zXi_Gamer]

Why new client cant connect old ones (5.0 or 5.1 series)

Actually it can connect. Unless you are using WinXP or Win2k3 for which there is a workaround you have to use:

http://tsmith.co/2013/xp-cant-connect-via-vsphere-5-5-c-client/

[muharrembeyaz]

Thank you your answer but;

I cant use vcenter. I dont need this.

My computer win7 and vsphere client 5.5 connect only 5.5 servers cant connect 5.0 and 5.1 hosts

thank you

[vThinkBeyondVM]

Yes correct. You can connect. 5.0/5.1/5.5 ESXI host by using 5.5 VI client.

[muharrembeyaz]

did you mean VI = Vsphere Client ?

I have 5.0 host and I dont wanna download and install Vsphere Client 5.0

But Vsphere client 5.5 on the host connection get the upgrade window

Why Vsphere client 5.5 cant connect to 5.x host ?

If the 5.5 is progress i cant see any progress on client side.

[a_p_]

Each version (5.0, 5.1 and 5.5) has it's own vSphere Client. You can install all of them on the same client though. What happens when you start the client, is that a launcher application is started, which chains the correct client after detecting the ESXi host version.

André