Installing and Uninstalling vCLI on Windows

Before you can run vCLI commands from your Window system, you must install the vCLI package and test the installation by running a command.

The vCLI installation package for Windows includes the ActivePerl runtime from ActiveState Software and required Perl modules and libraries. The vCLI is supported on the following Windows platforms:

■	Windows Vista Enterprise SP1 32 bit and 64 bit

■	Windows 2008 64 bit

■	Windows 7 32 bit and 64 bit

Important If you want to run ESXCLI commands included in vCLI from a Windows system, you must have the Visual C++ 2008 redistributable for 32 bit installed on that system. Find vcredist_x86.exe for Visual C++ 2008 and install it on your Windows system.

To install the vCLI Package on Windows

1	Download the vCLI Windows installer package.

You can find the installer on the VMware Communities page.

2	Start the installer.

3	(Optional) If prompted to remove older versions of vSphere SDK for Perl or vCLI, you can either accept or cancel the installation and install the vCLI package on a different system.

Important The installer replaces both the vSphere SDK for Perl and vCLI. To keep an older version, install this package on a different system.

4	Click Next in the Welcome page.

5	To install the vCLI in a nondefault directory, click Change and select the directory.

The default location is C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI.

6	Click Next.

7	Click Install to proceed with the installation.

The installation might take several minutes to complete.

8	Reboot your system.

Without reboot, path settings might not be correct on your Windows platform.