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When prompted select a disk to install ESXi on, in the following example, we have two disks connected to this computer, a single 1GB disk, and a 120GB disk.

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We have written an EE Article here on How to Backup an ESXi installation on an USB Flash Drive or SD card, for security or redundancy. After you have completed the ESXi 6.5 installation, shutdown the server, remove the USB flash drive or SD card, and duplicate it using our EE Article. As the footprint for ESXi is very small only 1GB is required for the ESXi OS installation. The ESXi installer will scan the computer storage controller for available devices to install ESXi.ĮSXi can be installed on a USB flash drive, SD card attached to the computer, local SATA, local RAID Array, or Fibre Channel or iSCSI LUN.

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Press F11 (Function Key 11) to Accept the VMware End User License Agreement (EULA)

The number 4564106 is the Build Version of the software.Īt the Welcome to the VMware ESXi 6.5.0 Installation screen Hit Enter to Continue the installation. The default option is to BOOT ESXi-6.5.0-45641064564106- standard I nstaller after 10 seconds, hit any key will pause the BOOT process. Power on the Computer, the computer will BOOT from the CDROM, and the following BOOT screen will be displayed This is a step which is often missed, ensure the BIOS BOOT order is set to BOOT from the CDROM Device or ATAPI device in the server, otherwise the computer will not BOOT from the CDROM. iso ISO, so there is no requirement to write a CDROM. you can attach the virtual CDROM drive in the server to the VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6. If you are using remote server utilities, e.g. iso downloaded in Step 1, to a blank CDROM, using your favourite CD writing software. Write (Burn) the VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6. Installing VMware vSphere Hypervisor 6.5 (ESXi 6.5) Many VMware vSphere Hypervisor 6.5 installations fail due to corrupt downloads.Ģ. We use the MD5 & SHA-1 Checksum Utility 2.1 from m/download s/md5-sha- 1-checksum -utility/. Once the downloads have been completed using your favourite MD5 and SHA1 checksum utility, confirm the downloads have been downloaded correctly, using the published MD5 and SHA1 checksums from the VMware website. We have a very slow internet connection, at approx 350 kB/sec, and it takes us approximately 10 minutes to download. The CD ISO is only 328MB so should not take too long to download. iso, The clue is in the word VMvisor installer, many questions get posted to Experts Exchange because the wrong file has been downloaded and burnt to a CDROM!Įither use the Download Manager or Manually Download button (which uses your web browser).

The filename you want to download is called VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.

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Pay special attention to the FREE License information which is displayed, and record this License Number, this will be required in a later article.Ĭlick the download link for VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi ISO) image (Includes VMware Tools) to download the software required to install ESXi 6.0. The following page will be displayed when you have successfully logged into the VMware Download Center. VMware will email you an Activation link which needs to be opened to create the account. (Please note at time of writing this article VMware had not changed 6.0 to 6.5!)Ĭlick Create an Account, to Create an Account and Login to the VMware Download Center. Open the following link in your web browser Download VMware vSphere Hypervisor 6.5Ĭlick the License and Download Tab.

Register with and Download VMware vSphere Hypervisor 6.5 The HCL exists because the server vendor and VMware have certified and tested ESXi 6.5 will function correctly, on the servers listed on the HCL.ġ. If your computer is not listed on the VMware HCL, it may still be possible to install and run VMware ESXi 6.5 on your laptop, desktop, or server.

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VMware vSphere Hypervisor 6.5 is also known as ESXi 6.5.Ī full list of the ESXi 6.5 Hardware Requirements can be found in the VMware ESXi 6.5 Install Guide.Ĭheck the VMware Hardware Compatibility Lists (HCL), to discover if your computer is certified for use with ESXi 6.5. This article will show you how to install and configure the VMware vSphere Hypervisor 6.5 on a computer.

If you would like to read my Basic VMware articles, they are listed at the end of this article for your convenience. In my previous Experts Exchange Articles, most have featured Basic and Intermediate VMware and Virtualisation Topics.

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