vSphere VI Client Display Language

[K-MaC]

Hello all. I am trying to help someone find an answer to their question and at the same time answer the question for myself. Basically the problem is after installing the VI Client from vSphere I am triyng to have the language displayed in English. I am on PC with a Japanese version of Windows. I have found the following command which presents some of the menu's in English but not all 'vpxClient -locale en_US'.

Also as per ESX and vCenter Server Installation Guide ESX 4 vCenter 4 on page 88 it states 'This selection controls the language for only the installer. When you use the vSphere Client to connect to the vCenter Server system, the vSphere Client appears in the language associated with the locale setting on your machine. You can alter this behavior with a command-line instruction or by changing the locale in the registry of the machine. See Basic System Administration.'

To me this means that I can permanently change the default language by editing the registry. The paragraph points me to the Basic System Administration guide (http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r40/vsp_40_admin_guide.pdf) however there is no mention at all about modifying the registry or anything else related to language in this guide.

If anyone knows what I need to edit in the registry it would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

Cheers

Kevin

[benma]

Hey buddy,

in your vSphere Client installation folder you will find a subfolder called "ja".

Rename this foder to jabackup or something you want.

After this reopen your Client. Now the Client don't find the "ja" folder and use the

default (english) settings.

[K-MaC]

Hey Benma. Thanks for the info. Ill give it a shot when I get a min. Have a good one.

Cheers

Kevin

[suzukin]

set this value.

key : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\VMware, Inc.\VMware Virtual Infrastructure Client\ProductLanguage

data : 1033

[SchmittJ]

Hello,

I had the same problem and i´ve tested the following commandline:

vpxclient -locale en (now the vsphere client is english)

vpxclient -locale de (now the vsphere client is german)

It would be nice feature to add a small language-dropdown (same like use windows session credentials)

:smileycool:

[skayser]

vpxclient -locale en (now the vsphere client is english)

vpxclient -locale de (now the vsphere client is german)

Thanks alot for this neat command line option. After a bit of testing, I found that one also needs to add the territory to the locale, otherwise there will be "neutral culture" errors (at least when trying to invoke the vMotion dialog). So simply use en_US and de_DE instead of en and de.

vpxclient -locale en_US

vpxclient -locale de_DE

Sebastian