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OK, great. I haven't begun implementation yet, I was just reading through the manual. Will try this tomorrow, or Monday.<br />
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Thanks.
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OK, great. I haven't begun implementation yet, I was just reading through the manual. Will try this tomorrow, or Monday.

Thanks.

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I am implementing ESXi, and as I was going through the installation manual I found this:<br />
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After you complete initial setup of your host machine, you can install the software<br />
needed to manage ESX Server 3i. For your first evaluation experience, you will install<br />
the VI Client to manage a single host.<br />
Use the VMware Infrastructure Management Installer CDROM to install the VI Client<br />
on a desktop or laptop computer that is to be used as a management station. If you did<br />
not purchase the VMware Infrastructure Management software, use the VI Client<br />
package downloaded onto your host during the ESX Server 3i installation or an<br />
evaluation copy downloaded from the VMware Download Center.<br />
The VI Client must be installed on a Windows machine that has network access to the<br />
ESX Server 3i host. The management station must also have Internet access.<br />
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We did not purchase the VMware Infrastructure Management software. Where can I find the VI Client package?
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I am implementing ESXi, and as I was going through the installation manual I found this:
==============================================================
After you complete initial setup of your host machine, you can install the software
needed to manage ESX Server 3i. For your first evaluation experience, you will install
the VI Client to manage a single host.
Use the VMware Infrastructure Management Installer CDROM to install the VI Client
on a desktop or laptop computer that is to be used as a management station. If you did
not purchase the VMware Infrastructure Management software, use the VI Client
package downloaded onto your host during the ESX Server 3i installation or an
evaluation copy downloaded from the VMware Download Center.
The VI Client must be installed on a Windows machine that has network access to the
ESX Server 3i host. The management station must also have Internet access.
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We did not purchase the VMware Infrastructure Management software. Where can I find the VI Client package?

VMWare ESXi Client

The Microsoft Server topic includes all of the legacy versions of the operating system, including the Windows NT 3.1, NT 3.5, NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 and Windows Home Server versions.

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VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.

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Virtualization is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including (but not limited to) a virtual computer hardware platform, operating system (OS), storage device, or computer network resources. Virtualization is usually the creation of a system that executes separate from the underlying hardware resources, or the creation of an entire desktop for systems located elsewhere, similar to thin clients.