

You cannot use the same switch to install Web client because Web Client cannot be installed on Domain Controller. vSphere client installation will complete without any error. You can launch the installer from a command line and in this case there is a switch to use which skips the OS check. You can use an advanced switch when installing VI client on Domain Controller.
HOW TO INSTALL SPICEWORKS ON VSPHERE WINDOWS
In that situation, You can make use of this OS SKIP command to install the vSphere client on Windows Domain controller as a workaround.īelow is the error message you will receive, when you try to install vSphere client on Windows Domain Controller machine. For people running Lab environment, Will not prefer to install another windows VM just to install vSphere client. Once the CD image has been added to the system, click Run setup64.exe. Then click on Guest OS and then click on Install Tools. After you have set up the VM, run it and click Actions. When we try to install vSphere windows client on Domain Controller, We may end up with the error message” vSphere Client fails with a message saying the as a requirements the management station has to be running XP SP2 and not a domain controller”. To build it for any VM running on vSphere 6.7U2/6.5, follow the steps below in order. Have you tried to installing vSphere client on Domian controller machine.

As VMware admin’s ,we are so much used to work with vSphere windows client against vSphere web Client. They may be running a small setup of one or two ESXi host with one windows VM which is acting as a Domain Controller. This post may be useful for the VMware Administrators who is running small lab environmnet.
