⚠️ Important Note VMware does not provide a native Linux vSphere Client (the thick client). However, you have several alternatives: Option 1: vSphere Web Client (Recommended) Access via any modern browser on Linux:

# Check VMRC plugin in browser about:plugins (Firefox) chrome://components/ (Chrome) sudo ./vmrc_install.sh --uninstall sudo ./vmrc_install.sh Recommendation For most Linux users, the vSphere HTML5 Web Client (via vCenter) combined with VMRC for console access provides the best experience. PowerCLI handles automation needs.

VMware has deprecated the thick client and fully embraced web-based management since vSphere 6.5.

Connect-VIServer -Server vcenter.example.com Get-VM Start-VM -VM "VMname" Get-VMHost Virtual Machine Manager (virt-manager) with libvirt Connect to ESXi via libvirt: