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vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) installation using IE for vpshere 6 issues

I am unable to install  VCSA on Windows 2008 R2 since the IE browser is IE8
Is there any way to upgrade to ie 10 or ie 11 (I needed the step by step procedure please)
Or  
Should I install VCSA on Windows 7

Thanks.
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The vCenter Server Appliance is Imported into vSphere ESXi.

It's a VM, which is hosted on runs on ESXi.

What is the issue with the browser, it does not work on Windows 2008 R2?

You cannot access the Web Client (Portal)?
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I have installed the ESXI
I have created a new VM using Windows 2008 R2
I mounted the VMware_VCSA-all-6.0.0-xxxx.iso
Ran the “VMware-ClientIntegrationPlugin-6.0.0.exe” file.
When I am attempting to install/click vcsa-setup.html it says I have to upgrade my IE to IE10 or IE11

This is where I am getting stuck
Thanks.
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I have updated Windows Server 2008 R2
I followed your guide using this link: https://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/VMWare/A_17529-HOW-TO-Deploy-and-Install-the-VMWARE-vCenter-Server-Appliance-6-0-VCSA-6-0.html

However, after installing   the VMware-ClientIntegrationPlugin-6.0.0.exe application,
I am not able to run  the  index.html file  in the VMWARE vCenter Server Appliance 6.0. Folder (VCSA). I checked the   root of the DVD too.. I have the following files:
 dbschema
 vcsa
 vcsa-cli-installer
 readme
 vcsa-setup  (the html file) When I launch this it tells me: This version of IE is not supported. Please upgrade to version 10 or 11.  When I downloaded 10 and 11 it says I need Win 7

Thanks.
Do you currently have IE 10 or 11 installed on the server ?

Did you run Windows Update and install al updates ?

Do you have Windows Server 2012 or Server 2012 R2 ?

try Google Chrome ?
Do you currently have IE 10 or 11 installed on the server ?  - Yes

Did you run Windows Update and install al updates ? - Yes

Do you have Windows Server 2012 or Server 2012 R2 ?  No  only Windows 2008 R2

try Google Chrome ?  No

I will try again and update tomorrow. Thanks.
Try this on your Windows 7 workstation, as the installer will upload the appliance to ESXi.
- Actually what happened was, when I installed updates on Windows 2008 R2 it did not install  SP1
- After I manually installed SP1, I was able to download IE10 and was able to install VCSA

Thanks.
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Accepted answer: 0 points for cgeorgeisaac's comment #a40703151
Assisted answer: 500 points for Andrew Hancock's comment #a40701550

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Andrew's  suggestion helped me to think a little deeper to enable me to resolve the issue. Thanks.
Once I installed the updates (including  SP1) on Windows Server 2008 R2 I was able to install IE10 too and this helped me to resolve the issue.