How to run vSphere Host Update Utility on Windows 7 x64

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Follow these instructions to fix vSphere client on Windows 7: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/211440

xcopy “C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\Virtual Infrastructure Client\Launcher\VpxClient.exe.config”    “C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\VIUpdate 4.0\VIUApp.exe.config”

Create bat file for VIUApp.exe:

 

SET DEVPATH=c:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\Virtual Infrastructure Client\Launcher\Lib
“c:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\VIUpdate 4.0\VIUApp.exe”  

SET DEVPATH=c:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\Virtual Infrastructure Client\Launcher\Lib

“c:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\VIUpdate 4.0\VIUApp.exe”

Without these changes, VIUApp.exe fails adding hosts with error “The type initializer for ‘VirtualInfrastructure.Utils.HttpWebRequestProxy’ threw an  exception.”

7 thoughts on “How to run vSphere Host Update Utility on Windows 7 x64”

  1. Great tip. Worked a treat. Had to do similar for vSphere Client as well. Hopefully this will all be resolved when Windows 7 is available ‘off the shelf’

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  3. I still can’t get to to work. Something else has got screwed up now. I can get the vSphere Client to work, but not the Update Utility. Very frustrating as I’ve been “working around” different companies non-Windows 7 readiness all day now.

    EARTH TO SOFTWARE COMPANIES: WINDOW 7 HAS BEEN OUT FOR OVER A MONTH. FULL VERSION. FINAL RELEASE. GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER! IT’S 2009. NEARLY 2010. THERE’LL BE ANOTHER RELEASE OF WINDOWS BY THE TIME VMWARE GET IT TOGETHER.

    End of rant. sorry.

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  5. Okay, finally got it to work, but it involved adding:

    to the “settings.config” file inside the “VI Update 4.0” folder.

    Making a copy of the “VpxClient.exe.config” file from the VpxClient.exe.config file and XCOPYing it over didn’t seem to work for me.

    Perhaps I’m running a later version of vSphere? I don’t think so though, seeing as how I haven’t been able to update it.

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  6. Should read:

    Okay, finally got it to work, but it involved adding:

    to the “settings.config” file inside the “VI Update 4.0″ folder.

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