Under CPU, we clicked ‘expose hardware assisted virtualization’ so ESXi can do it’s thing.
Let’s create the VM, remembering our original requirements.įor reference, we added 50GB of thin-provisioned hard drive and an ISO file for ESXi. We’ll look over the web-ui after we install. Since this is a virtual deployment, we’re going to move this ISO file directly into the main datastore on my ESXi test bed. In a physical deployment, you’d make a bootable disk out of this ISO on a flash drive and then install it on your hardware on an SD card or USB drive. Since we’re virtualizing, we’ll get the ISO with VMware tools and don’t forget to copy down your trial key. Once you’ve logged in, you can finally download the free trial. The first step to getting ESXi is to download it so head over to the download link and make a totally unnecessary account that you will surely forget by the next time you need to log back in. I have not personally used Fusion, but people near me who use Mac products tell me it is an okay way to virtualize stuff. The $200/yr VMUG cost gets you a 1 year license to these products and others. Workstation Pro has some neat features like uploading a VM to ESXi which makes creating a new machine locally and moving it to your server worth it. If you have no idea what those are, a quick refresher is that vCenter is the management solution for multiple separate vSphere (ESXi) hypervisors, VMware Fusion and Workstation are virtualization solutions so you can run virtual machines on your local Mac and Windows system respectively.
This program allows you access to a list of useful products including: The latest version as of this posting is 6.7u1 or version 6.7 update 1 and licensing is done based on the major version so purchasing a key for version 6.0 or using VMUG would net you a valid key for ESXi that will work for all versions under 6.Ī word on VMUG, otherwise known as VMUG Advantage with EVAL. ESXi actually ships the free version with everything you may need to upgrade so upgrading is just popping in a new commercial or enterprise key. What is ESXi?ĮSXi or vSphere is VMware’s solution for virtualized systems. In the next edition of our Before the Home Lab series we’ll look our first hypervisor, VMware ESXi, and how to install it in a homelab setting. Full Disclosure: My homelab is fully ESXi / vSphere, with no vCenter deployments.
In the next edition of our Before the Home Lab series we’ll look our first hypervisor, VMware ESXi, and how to install it in a homelab setting. Full Disclosure: My homelab is fully ESXi / vSphere, with no vCenter deployments.
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