Proof of concept 5.5 to 6.5u1

[PhantomAM]

I have installed ESXi 5.5 inside WorkStation Pro and both are running, I can see the web interfaces, well sorta that's my first issue. I can go to 10.68.30.184 (static IP) and see

I am lost as to what to do. I have used 6.5 only before and never had this issue. I am assuming I need to download vSphere Client and install it. Correct? Checking before I put in a ticket and wait a day or two to find out it's wrong.

So my list of things to do on the Vmware side include vCenter 5.5 (where do I install this? My desktop, windows server runnin on ESXi, ect ) Where do I install VMWare Update manager, is it on a ESXi instance or a linux or windows.

As you might be able to tell my brain is mush right about now... Student with no support to help me..

[daphnissov]

You'll need to download and install the old C# client for that version. See the KB here.

[PhantomAM]

Why is it making me do this now when I used the same ISO yesterday to install ESXi on bare metal but today when I do it virtual it is requiring me to have that?

[daphnissov]

Installing ESXi onto bare metal and connecting to ESXi (the application) are two different things. You need the vSphere Client to connect to and interact with ESXi.

[PhantomAM]

But why did it work yesterday on a brand new drive that never has ESXi on it and with a computer that I only installed the console application thing. Doesn't make sense to me at all.

[daphnissov]

I'm not even sure what you're talking about here. Can you clarify what worked, exactly?