If you install Vmware vSphere client on your Windows 7 you get error parsing the server myserver client.xml file. Login will continue,contact SysAdmin

If you install Vmware vSphere client on your Windows 7 you get error parsing the server myserver client.xml file. Login will continue, contact your system administrator.


This happens because vsphere client is not supported under Win7.
Here there is a workaround that’s worked for me:
1. Obtain a copy of %SystemRoot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\System.dll from a non Windows 7 machine that has .NET 3.5 SP1 installed.
2. Create a folder in the Windows 7 machine where the vSphere client is installed and copy the file from step 1 into this folder. For example, create the folder under the vSphere client launcher installation directory (+%ProgramFiles%\VMware\Infrastructure\Virtual Infrastructure Client\Launcher\Lib+).
3. In the vSphere client launcher directory, open the VpxClient.exe.config file in a text editor and add a element and a element as shown below. Save the file.


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3. Create a batch file (e.g. *VpxClient.cmd*) in a suitable location. In this file add a command to set the DEVPATH environment variable to the folder where you copied the System.dll assembly in step 2 and a second command to launch the vSphere client. Save the file. For example,
SET DEVPATH=C:\ProgramFiles\VMware\Infrastructure\Virtual Infrastructure Client\Launcher\Lib
C:
Cd\”c:\program file\VMware\Infrastructure\Virtual Infrastructure Client\Launcher\”
VpxClient.exe