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Officially, vSphere client c# is not available for ESXi 6.5 and vCenter 6.5. However you can access ESXi 6.5 with legacy vSphere c#client unofficially as its not supported. For more information please go through below KB.
In vSphere 6.5, the vSphere Web Client will have no dependency on Client Integration Plug-in (as it exists today). For the Use Window Session Authentication functionality, you will need the new slimmed down Enhanced Authentication Plug-in, but the other functions (File upload/download, Deploy OVA/OVF) are replicated without CIP.

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vSphere 6.5 Update 2 Now Available

1.1What’s New in vSphere 6.5 Update 2

Today, VMware has announced vSphere 6.5 U2 with lot of new features and fixes on components specially on ESXi and vCenter. vSphere 6.5 U2 has some new features that backported from vSphere 6.7 . VMware recommended upgrading vSphere 5.5 to vSphere 6, 6.5, so vSphere 6.5 U2 is good choice for upgrade virtual infrastructure with less impact, because many hardware that supporting vSphere 5.5, don’t compatible with vSphere 6.7 . Upgrading to vSphere 6.5 Update 2 from vSphere 5.5 requires a minimum version of vSphere 5.5 Update 3b prior to performing the upgrade.

if you are using vSphere 6 and vSphere 6.5, upgrading to vSphere 6.7 is supported according to upgrade path but upgrading from vSphere 6.5 U2 to vSphere 6.7 GA is not supported yet.

What’s New in vSphere 6.5 Update 2

Actually, all components have been release with some new features and fixes but we’ll review the new features which have been added to ESXi and vCenter as core components of vSphere.

ESXi 6.5 Update 2 New Features

ESXi 6.5 Update 2 enables Microsemi Smart PQI (smartpqi) driver support for the HPE ProLiant Gen10 Smart Array Controller.
Updates to the nhpsa driver: The disk serviceability plug-in of the ESXi native driver for HPE Smart Array controllers, nhpsa, now works with an extended list of expander devices to enable compatibility with HPE Gen9 configurations.
Updates to the nvme driver: ESXi 6.5 Update 2 adds management of multiple namespaces compatible with the Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) 1.2 specification and enhanced diagnostic log.
With ESXi 6.5 Update 2, you can add tags to the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) hardware version 1.2 on ESXi by using ESXCLI commands. A new API provides read and write access in the form of get, set, and clear commands to the non-volatile memory on TPMs of version 1.2.
ESXi 6.5 Update 2 enables a new native driver to support the Broadcom SAS 3.5 IT/IR controllers with devices including combination of NVMe, SAS, and SATA drives. The HBA device IDs are: SAS3516(00AA), SAS3516_1(00AB), SAS3416(00AC), SAS3508(00AD), SAS3508_1(00AE), SAS3408(00AF), SAS3716(00D0), SAS3616(00D1), SAS3708(00D2).
In ESXi 6.5 Update 2, LightPulse and OneConnect adapters are supported by separate default drivers. The brcmfcoe driver supports OneConnect adapters and the lpfc driver supports only LightPulse adapters. Previously, the lpfc driver supported both OneConnect and LightPulse adapters.

More than 30 issues has been resolved in vSphere 6.5 Update 2, please read VMware ESXi 6.5 Update 2 Release Notes

vCenter 6.5 Update 2 New Features

With vCenter Server 6.5 Update 2, you can deploy by using the GUI or CLI installer up to 10 vCenter Server Appliance instances in Embedded Linked Mode, and manage these instances with the vSphere Web Client or vSphere Client from any of the instances.
vCenter Server 6.5 Update 2 provides backup restore support to Embedded Linked Mode with replication deployment topology and reconciliation API for both file-based and snapshot-based restore.
With vCenter Server 6.5 Update 2, vMotion and cold migration of virtual machines is supported between vCenter Server 6.0 Update 3 and later, vCenter Server 6.5, vCenter Server 6.5 Update 1 and VMware Cloud on AWS. Cloning of virtual machines between vCenter Server 6.0 and vCenter Server 6.5 is not supported. For more information, see KB 2106952.
With vCenter Server 6.5 Update 2, you can migrate vCenter Server installed on Windows with custom HTTP and HTTPS ports to vCenter Server Appliance.
With vCenter Server 6.5 Update 2, during the GUI or CLI deployment process of the vCenter Server Appliance, you can customize the default network ports for the HTTP Reverse Proxy service. The default ports are 80 for HTTP and 443 for HTTPS.
With vCenter Server 6.5 Update 2, you can use the TLS Configuration utility to configure SSL tunnels on port 8089. Upgrade to vCenter Server 6.5 Update 2 does not change previous configurations.
With vCenter Server 6.5 Update 2, you can use the TLS Configuration utility to configure TLS protocols on hosts of both ESXi 6.0 and ESXi 6.5 versions. Configuration of TLS protocols on clusters with mixed ESXi 6.0 and ESXi 6.5 hosts is not supported.
With vCenter Server 6.5 Update 2, you can configure SSL settings for the lightweight CIM daemon, SFCB, with the TLS Configuration utility.
Updates to time zones in the Linux guest operating system customization: vCenter Server Linux guest operating system customization supports latest time zones. For more information on time zone changes and daylight saving time (DST) changes in Linux guest operating systems, see the Time Zone Database by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA).
Updates to time zones in the Windows guest operating system customization: vCenter Server Windows guest operating systems customization supports the latest time zones. For more information on time zone changes and daylight saving time (DST) changes in Windows guest operating systems, see the Microsoft Knowledge Base article 3182203, Microsoft Knowledge Base article 4015193 and Microsoft Knowledge Base article 4012864.
vCenter Server 6.5 Update 2 adds IPv6 support for the Key Management Server (KMS) of VMware vSphere Virtual Machine Encryption (VM Encryption) and alarms for expiration of KMS certificates, missing hosts and missing virtual machine keys.
For Photon OS updates, see VMware vCenter Server Appliance Photon OS Security Patches.

Read VMware vCenter Server 6.5 Update 2 Release Notesto find more about this new release.

vSphere 6.5 Update 2 Download Links

VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.5 U2 [Download] [Release Notes]

VMware vCenter Server 6.5 U2 [Download] [Release Notes]

VMware vRealize® Log Insight 4.6.0 for vCenter [Download] [Release Notes]

VMware vSphere Replication 6.5.1.3 [Download] [Release Notes]

VMware vSphere Data Protection 6.1.8 [Download] [Release Notes]

VMware vSphere Web Client SDK 6.5 U2 [Download] [Release Notes]

VMware vSphere Client SDK 6.5 U2 [Download] [Release Notes]

VMware vSphere Virtual Disk Development Kit 6.5.3 [Download] [Release Notes]

With today's announcement (excerpt seen above):

Goodbye vSphere Client for Windows (C#) – Hello HTML5
May 18 2016 by Dennis Lu at VMware Blogs

any uncertainty about where VMware is headed for this next release of VMware vSphere is gone. Don't forget that the beta testing that's underway was done rather publicly so you can see for yourself, sign-up details at:

VMware wants your vSphere Beta feedback, simple sign-up form is now available
Apr 19 2016 by Paul Braren at TinkerTry

It's no secret that I've rejoiced at the overt moves toward HTML5 for some time already, see:

vSphere HTML5 Web Client Fling v1.2 (h5client) arrives as VMware moves away from Client Integration Plugin (CIP)
Apr 19 2016 by Paul Braren at TinkerTry
Faster HTML5 future for VMware vSphere Web Client? ESXi Embedded Host Client Fling flies! (30 second install instructions)
Aug 26 2015 by Paul Braren at TinkerTry

Wait a minute, is VMware Ready?

Here's the thing. These HTML5 UIs don't have feature parity yet. And while development of the ESXi Host client has been swift and impressive, the vSphere HTML5 Web Client only just arrived last month, and doesn't have the same maturity and install integration.

Specifically, you may recall that ESXi 6.0 Update 1 arrived with the ESXi Host Client baked right in. Now that's what I call integration. Just point your browser to the IP or name of your new ESXi host and go. Nice!

But with the vSphere HTML5 Web Client, at least in the initial release, you have a separate VM to install just for the web server your point your browser to, not exactly as smooth or elegant as if it was included right into vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) in the first place.

Don't get me wrong. I'm an author and video producer who occasionally takes on the daunting challenge of refining an easy-as-possible build-your-own vSphere Datacenter videos that have been very popular, such as:

How to build your awesome virtualization home lab with VMware vSphere 6.0 (ESXi & VCSA)
Mar 15 2015 by Paul Braren at TinkerTry

Basing such intensive work on a UI that's about to go away makes little sense. Moving to HTML5 couldn't be fast enough. I simply can't see me spending any more time on the C# vSphere Client client, given we all know it's been the end of the road for that UI for a long time now.

Reasons for my concern.

See Dennis Lu's words from today's aforementioned blog post:

vSphere Web Client has always been intended to be the replacement for the Desktop client, and many of our users have tried to embrace this during the vSphere 5.5 and vSphere 6.0 periods, spending their time working within the Web Client even with the Desktop client available.
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We do expect the plugin transition to take some time, and this means that we expect to ship the Flex based Web Client and the HTML5 based vSphere Client side by side for some uncertain period. Everyone is very eager to have the new vSphere Client as the only client, but we want to respect the porting development time our partners require.

The problem is time. As I mentioned, it's only been a month since VMware surprised us with the vSphere HTML5 Web Client Fling, and it just doesn't have all the features it needs to truly replace the vSphere Web Client quite yet. So that means my next video needs to feature the sluggish and much-maligned, Adobe Flex based vSphere Web Client? Sigh. I think I'll pass. My voluntary evening and weekend blogging time is too valuable to invest in a temporary stop-gap UI.

A deeper problem is it seems there's a certain lack of foresight and funding. Why is this suddenly a hurry? Wasn't the vitriol for the sluggish vSphere Web Client enough back in 2013/2014 for VMware to wake up and realize that pumping funding into an HMTL5 future as fast as possible was the way to go forward, getting free of the whole Adobe Flash/Flex and Client Integration Pack/NPAPI mess out of the way as quickly as possible?

Five UIs is way too many.

Let's hope VMware surprises us all with this vSphere 6.1 or 6.5 or whatever they wind up calling it, getting the HTML5 Web Client 'near-enough' to feature parity. That would allow us to practically whittle this list of 5 UIs down to just 3 as quickly as possible, if VMware produces stable and reliable and consistent UIs. Yes, that will take serious ongoing and long-term funding for talented engineers with the right skills and experience, and a whole lot of UX and QA testing. Not the time for cutting corners and cost reductions.

I simply can't explain this mess sufficiently to newbies in my getting started articles and videos. They get scared off and head to other hypervisors where initial setup is easier and faster.

Below, you'll see how many UIs we have currently in vSphere 6.0 Update 2:

~~vSphere Client~~ - legacy Win32 C# client, to be deprecated soon
ESXi Embedded Host Client - HTML5/JavaScript UI for ESXi
vSphere HTML5 Web Client - HTML5/JavaScript UI for vCenter, released just 5 days ago!
~~vSphere Web Client~~ - comprehensive (and sluggish Adobe Flex) vCenter admin browser UI
VAMI - occasional-use browser UI for back-end VCSA sysadmin

Note the lines drawn through the dead-end UIs that I'm planning to eliminate from all TinkerTry videos and screenshots from today onward.

My time and efforts are valuable, and I'd much rather my articles and unique and popular videos have years of shelf life and relevance, not mere months.

I plan to keep writing the long-form stuff, not the short-term fluff.

Closing thoughts.

I'm very glad VMware is moving fast to HTML5, but it smells like the maturity of the replacement UIs are being rushed so fast that we are essentially being asked to bear a lot of unnecessary pain for even more time.

Customers of all sizes would likely much rather hop directly from the C# vSphere Client to the vSphere HTML5 Web Client. This would avoid having to retrain staff on the intermediate dead-end, that slow vSphere Web Client.

But the feature gap between the C# and HMTL5 UIs makes such a strategy a no-go for many enterprises.

I would guess there will be a bit of backlash against this unfortunate period of painful transition, with the effect being further delays in enterprises adopting vSphere 6. That's unfortunate, because there's a lot to like about it, and my home lab that's actually on the VMware HCL is running smoother and faster than ever before. And wow, those HTML5 UIs can reallylook good and run fast, so in the long term, things are still looking pretty darn promising. Let's try to keep that in mind.

May 28 2016 Update 1

I have now spotted this excellent article, which includes a Q&A that I had hoped VMware would have published. Way to go, Eric!

R.I.P. vSphere C# Client – VMware has officially written your obituary
May 18 2016 by Eric Siebert at vSphere-land

along with many more similar stories surfacing all over, including:

Bye bye, VMware vSphere C# client
May 18 2016 by Erik Scholten at VMGuru

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