To complete the licensing configuration of your vSphere environment, you must assign the vSphere 5.x Standard license key to the ESXi-A and ESXi-B hosts before their 60-day evaluation period expires. You are using the ESXi-A and ESXi-B hosts in evaluation mode and have configured vMotion. Modifying ESXi ISO images to include network drivers. Using new hardware with not-yet supported or unsupported drivers is often required when using consumer grade and/or desktop components. To use USB flash with bootable ESXi AND to be able to use it in case your server does not have CD drive you can create USB flash which boots the hypervisor and allows the installation. When thinking now, there is another use case possible – to create multiboot environment on the USB and have a possibility to install different OS from that USB. But I guess that this will be a separate post! The 2 use cases that we cover today: 1. Install ESXi to USB as a destination – the server will boot directly from USB. The ESXi gets pre-configured within (or Player). World ndas software drivers. Load the installer from an USB stick to install and configure your system (in case your server does not have CD drive). So in this case the server will boot from the USB stick and then only you’ll configure the root password, network settings etc So basically today’s tutorial will show how to install ESXi to USB and in the second one will I’ll create a USB stick with ESXi Installer on it so it’s possible to use it to install a server with ESXi. In one of my previous tutorial for ESXi 5.x I was using Unetbootin which worked like a charm. But today we’ll test another tool called Rufus which I found good echoes about through VMware communities and a fellow blogger Paul Braren (). So without further wait let’s do Quick Install of ESXi 6 to USB. Install ESXi 6 to USB as Destination Use VMware Workstation or Player to do the job! It works and it allows to actually pre-configure the system like enter the root password, network settings etc. 1: Use to create a new VM > point to the ESXi 6 iso as a source and mount the USB stick (Do a right click > connect (disconnect from host) so the VM can see it and can use it as a destination.) You’ll see screen like this. Note that SanDisk USB as an option for destination disk Before the installer starts it asks you to setup the keyboard and root password. This is quite important as the default language is English, but then not everyone uses English keyboard, right? So choosing your language during those steps avoids some headaches when you seek for this or that particular key you have used in your password -:) Once installation finishes, just disconnect the USB stick from within Workstation and plug it in your server. You’ll need to configure the BIOS to boot from that device. You’ll do some quick network configuration. Those configuration steps are very easy to do as you’re basically guided when you first open the DCUI (direct console user interface). You’ll need to hit F2 key in order to access the DCUI. Esxi Network AdaptersStep 2: The first boot allows you to set IP address and other network settings like netmask, DNS, hostname. Again. Very easy so guys who knows your way just skip the rest as this post Install ESXi From Bootable USB (your server does not have CD/DVD drive) This method is particularly useful when you works with blades or servers which does not have CD/DVD drive and PXE environment isn’t an option. (if you haven’t done it yet and place the ISO to a folder on hard drive) Step 1. And Execute the program (simple executable) > select your USB > Label the volume > Select your ESXi ISO you have downloaded in Step 1 > Hit the Start button. You will receive a prompt about one file which is obsolete (according to the program) > just click Yes to continue The prompt looks like this Another prompt will ask you if you want to overwrite your USB flash key. Wait till Rufus creates a file structure and copies the ISO to the USB key. Next plug-in this key to your server > change the boot order in BIOS to boot from USB > And you’ll see the ESXi 6 installer starting The loader And?
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