Posted by on Sep 22 2013 (updated on Oct 1 2013) in • • It has come to my attention that this article needs a refresh, since the download procedures have changed. Until such an article refresh (based on Update 1) is available, these 3 new download links work great, detailed at TinkerTry right here: Mar 12 2014. Original article below: To get started with your own vSphere 5.5 home lab, you'll find that there's just 3 files you'll need to download. Navigating VMware's site can be tricky. This article gives you the exact URLs, to help you be absolutely sure you got all the right bits and pieces, before you get started with installing anything.
These cover 3 products, with the 2 you'll need to get started on a typical home lab bolded. The download that I'm ignoring in this post is more for folks that wish to install vCenter manually on top of a Windows Server, now a bit old school, since the (VMware vCenter Server Appliance) has come so far in, and speed of deployment. You don't need to know Linux at all to configure and use it, as I demonstrate on video. See also. VMware ESXi™ 5.5 22 SEPT 2013 Build 1331820 VMware vCenter Server™ 5.5 22 SEPT 2013 Build 1312298 vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 22 SEPT 2013 Build 1312297 Plenty of time to read the release notes during the download of those 3 files, which total 2.38GB in all, pictured above. If you have a slower connection, you may prefer to chose the Akamai DLM option for all the downloads, explained.