Running VSphere client on Windows 7

by BassQ on May.29, 2009, under VMWare

After the installation you wont get the vsphere client working on Windows 7, it installed fine but when I try and login to an esx server,you get an error:

Error Parsing the server “192.168.1.10″ “clients.xml” file Login will continue contact your system administrator

Clicking ok gives another error

The type initializer for “VirtualInfrastrcture.Utils.HttpWebRequestProxy” threw an exception

Clicking ok returns to the login dialogue.

UPDATE: Good News – This issue has now been resolved in VMware ESX/ESXi 4.0 Update 1 (U1).

So here is the solution;

http://www.techhead.co.uk/running-vmware-vsphere-client-on-windows-7

Here’s a possible workaround for this problem.

1. Obtain a copy of System.dll from the link above.

2. Create a folder in the Windows 7 machine where the vSphere client is installed and copy the file from step 1 into this folder. For example, create the folder under the vSphere client launcher installation directory (+%ProgramFiles%\VMware\Infrastructure\Virtual Infrastructure Client\Launcher\Lib +).

3. In the vSphere client launcher directory, open the VpxClient.exe.config file in a text editor and add a <runtime> element and a <developmentMode> element as shown below. Save the file.

……………
</appSettings>
<runtime>
<developmentMode developerInstallation=”true”/>
</runtime>
</configuration>

3. Create a new ‘System’ variable called ‘DEVPATH’ and assign the following variable value:

C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\Virtual Infrastructure Client\Launcher\Lib

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4 Comments for this entry

Darren Kitchen
June 22nd, 2009 on 02:54
Followed your steps. Instead of the clients.xml error I get this:

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Could Not Connect
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Please enter a valid server name.
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OK
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Could be that I copied system.dll from a 32-bit XP install to my x64 Win7 install.
Darren Kitchen
June 22nd, 2009 on 03:08
Got it working after reading this thread and downloading this zip.

http://communities.vmware.com/thread/211440?start=30&tstart=0

http://communities.vmware.com/servlet/JiveServlet/download/1266347-23412/v4on7.zip

Thanks!
Dr_b_
August 14th, 2009 on 23:29
Thanks for the links Darren. Got it working.
Arthtritis Treatment Health Info
September 2nd, 2009 on 17:13
i just installed Windows 7 on my PC. i just hope that it is as stable as Windows XP.