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.”
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’
Brilliant, simply brilliant.
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.
I immediately get “VI Update has stopped working.”
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.
Should read:
Okay, finally got it to work, but it involved adding:
to the “settings.config” file inside the “VI Update 4.0″ folder.
For some reason I can’t paste in the “runtime” line from Fernando’s post here: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/211440
Anyway, add the three runtime/devmode/runtime lines to the “settings.config” file in the “VI Update 4.0″ folder.
Sorry if I’ve screwed up your post!