I have pulled down the latest ISO for ESXi 6.5 – I want to have 2 x ESXi Servers, so I will document the process once and then repeat.
Select File, New Virtual Machine and select Custom
Hit Next and then Next again at the Choose the Virtual Machine Hardware Compatibility screen
Browse to your VMvisor ISO and select Next
Give your Virtual Machine a Name and pick where you want it to be provisioned – hit Next
Im giving my Host 2 x Processors with 2 Cores – hit Next
And 4GB or Memory – click Next
Im going to put my ESXi Host on Internal Networking – for any updates I will look to deploy VUM Later. I will also be adding various Interfaces later – click Next
I will Accept the defaults for I/O Controller, Disk Type and Select a Disk Type by click Next through these options
Select Create a new virtual disk and click Next
I will give my ESXi Host a 40GB Drive and as I don’t have too much capacity in my Lab – I will not Allocate the space now – select Next
I will leave the defaults for Specify Disk File and click Next
I had a quick look in Customize Hardware – to see if things like Floppy Drive were added – but it looked pretty minimal so will leave at Defaults and select Finish
So my Host will be provisioned and boot into the installer
Now we are ready for configuration – hit Enter
and press F11 Accept and Continue (EULA)
* TIP for MAC Users with External Keyboards – Go to System Preferences – Keyboard – Tick Use all F1, F2 etc. keys as standard function keys
I only have the 1 Disk to install ESXi on so press Enter
Select Keyboard Layout – for me United Kingdom – Press Enter
Enter a Root password and hit Enter
And confirm Installation by pressing F11
Installation complete ready for a reboot by pressing Enter
Now for some configuration:
I need to change my Network Adapter from Host-Only to sit on my VM Network – in my case vmnet1
Press F2 to Customise and then login with your credentials
Select Customise Management Network
I only have the 1 Interface at the moment so I just need to do the IPv4 Config and Disable IPv6
First select IPv4 Configuration and press Enter
Use the Arrow keys to move down to Set static IPv4 address and network configuration
Press the Space Bar to confirm the selection
Then Enter IP, Subnet Mask and Gateway – Press Enter to confirm
Now scroll down to IPv6 Configuration
Select Disable IPv6 and hit Enter
Now select DNS Configuration and Enter the IP of your DNS Server and give your ESXi server a Hostname – Press Enter
Press Esc and confirm change by pressing Y – The Host will restart
Hi Marc
How did you overcome the EPT error? I get it every time I power on the hosts. Can only deploy 32 bit VMs.
Thanks
Brian
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Hi Brian, – To b honest, I inly really use my lab to spin up Nested VMs for testing – so previously I have always used Tiny OS’s i.e Windows XP or Linux (mainly for testing HA, FT etc) so i havnt come across it – There is a blog post here: http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2012/08/how-to-enable-nested-esxi-other.html which may help – Do you know if your CPU supports Intel-VT+EPT or AMD-V+RVI? – I have enabled my Xeon in the BIOS for VT
Thanks
Marc
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