How to Install VMware vSphere Hypervisor 7.0 - Start to finish ESXi 7

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We'll walk you through the entire process of installing VMware vSphere Hypervisor 7.0 (ESXi) from download to install to building your first virtual machine. #ESXi 7.0 is the latest hypervisor from VMware and you can run it totally free! We're big fans of #VMware and have been asked numerous times by our subscribers to walk through the process of installing ESXi from start to finish - Here it is! This video is loooong, so use the timestamps to get around if you're looking for something specific. Shout out to all of our #homelabbers out there! We hope this helps! #homelab
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0:00 Intro
0:33 Assumptions
0:48 How to download VMware ESXi 7.0 Hypervisor
1:23 How to install VMware ESXi 7.0 Hypervisor
2:15 Choosing your storage device to install on
4:00 Setting the root password for ESXi during installation
4:50 Starting the ESXi hypervisor for the first time
5:25 Setting a static IP address in ESXi and a word about DHCP
7:00 Logging into the ESXi web user interface for the first time
7:45 Introduction to the ESXi web user interface
8:21 Introduction to the management tab and its sub-components in the ESXi web user interface
10:13 Introduction to the monitoring tab and its sub-components in the ESXi web user interface
11:14 Introduction to the virtual machines tab in the ESXi web user interface
11:21 Introduction to the storage tab in the ESXi web user interface
11:33 Introduction to the networking tab in the ESXi web user interface
12:26 Setting the time and date of your ESXi host
12:55 Setting up your first datastore in ESXi 7 via the web user interface
13:52 How to upload an ISO into your ESXi datastore for use with a virtual machine
14:39 Building your first virtual machine in VMware ESXi
15:48 Connecting an ISO file to your virtual machine in ESXi web user interface
16:18 Starting a virtual machine in the ESXi web user interface
16:37 Closing

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@2GuysTek 5 месяцев назад

As of today (February 12, 2024) VMware ESXi free is no longer available. 😰 kb.vmware.com/s/article/2107518?lang=en_US

@karik4455 2 месяца назад

I was wathing many videos about VM Esxi but didnt get so detailed explanation like in your lesson. Now I have VM lab and can go forward Thank you Man!

@rohank9292 10 месяцев назад

I was a 0 in VMware vSphere installation & configuration before I watched this video, and now thanks to you, I know at least something about the app without ever having worked on it even once. Thanks

@jobisha6704 Год назад

Really liked the video. Short video with whole bunch of information. Fast and no lag... Well explained. Thank you!

@2GuysTek Год назад

Glad it was helpful!

@tumwineaggrey736 2 года назад

kudos...straight to the point. thanks for this video been using old versions of esxi and was looking for a quick dive into esxi 7 am more than impressed

@2GuysTek 2 года назад

Thanks! Consider subscribing!

@JF32304 2 года назад

Simple, to the point, no fluff, fast, works for me. 👍

@2GuysTek 2 года назад

Really glad this helped! Check out our video on how to update ESXi too! It’s quick and easy too! Thanks for watching and consider subscribing!

@vadisquo9094 6 месяцев назад

Informative and thank you. I for one, appreciate the work you put in to this.

@SinghaLife786 2 года назад

Awesome man. I love the way you describe whole installation process. Great Work bro

@2GuysTek 2 года назад

Glad you like it! Be sure to subscribe!

@sembutininverse 3 года назад

thank you guys 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻, it was awesome, I'm still waiting for your NAS server building 😂.

@enockodhiambo1966 Год назад

Very clear & consise. Keep up the great work!

@2GuysTek Год назад

Much appreciated! We just released an updated video for installing ESXi 8! Check that out if you're thinking about going with the latest and greatest from VMware!

@williamcarter9749 Год назад

Great video, It really helped with the configuration of the vmware server.

@zainuddinbrahim4625 2 года назад

Awesome videos , hope more on other VMware installation and it's understandings..

@jonathandoe7490 2 года назад

Thank you very informative, nothing left out for getting started

@2GuysTek 2 года назад

Glad it was helpful!

@pavanbharathan6885 Год назад

This is the best video i ever seen..... cover everthing...

@lathesh2454 6 месяцев назад

Supppperbb!!! Thank you so much for this much information.

@rollover36 2 года назад

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@simonnjugunamutua7923 2 года назад

An excellent video....absolutely great

@TPHBLIB 2 года назад

Mate - This is totally awesome. You absolutely made this easy to absorb and understand.

@2GuysTek 2 года назад

Love hearing this! Glad you found it useful! Consider subscribing!

@karimwebmaster8087 5 месяцев назад

Thank you very much for this video ,

@maninder1984 Месяц назад

very informational, thankyou

@julynlk 7 месяцев назад

Excellent guide

@adamsdavid1143 5 месяцев назад

Awesome video. I am subscribed

@gam3955 2 года назад

Thanks, very clear and clean video.

@2GuysTek 2 года назад

You're welcome!

@TheSigmaLennyShow 2 года назад

Damn! Thank you! very straight forward with no fluff thanks for the information

@2GuysTek 2 года назад

Glad you liked it! Thanks for the comment and consider subscribing!

@TheSigmaLennyShow 2 года назад

@@2GuysTek subscribed!

@turk2000 Год назад

Great stuf guyz! Thanks.

@2GuysTek Год назад

Glad it helped!

@vanitymeetstechnology8792 2 года назад

Thank you Sir, it was so helpful and fun to hear you explain..

@EternalArcher69 2 года назад

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@aghanawazan Год назад

Excellent job!

@SheshadriMadhu 2 года назад

Bro I had zero idea on installing a hypervisor even after I had taken a pretty intense course on virtualization. Thanks a lot for this, I can feel the Hypervisor on bare-metal!

@2GuysTek 2 года назад

Outstanding! That's a pretty resounding endorsement of the video! Thanks for the comment and consider subscribing!

@SheshadriMadhu 2 года назад

@@2GuysTek I hit the subscribe button halfway through the video 😃 this is a very educative channel . Thanks and keep up the good work.

@jemsncrystals 2 года назад

I tried burning the iso on a usb flash drive with balena etcher. It gave error. That there is no file syatem on this image and it may not boot. Then i went on a wondows machine and instlled rufus and it also gave the same error but then it also said that to repair this i can press yes to continue to download a file to rufus and that will fix the issue. So i did click on yes. And it then made a usb bootable. Now my problem is that when i boot from that USB, it starts the installer. With that yellow loading bar on the. Top. But it lands up on an error. Shutting down firmware services Error allocating 0 pages: out of resources Failed to shutdown Unrecoverable error What should i do? Any help will be appreciated

@gregoryrogers6311 3 года назад

Awesome video! You guys do an excellent job explaining and providing a step by step detailed explanation on setting up ESXi. I enjoy your videos detailing the behind the scenes videos and tutorials. If you guys can make a future video about the vms on your new server, like you did with you older server, that would be awesome! Keep up the great work and I look forward to your future videos! Wanted to ask, any recommendations on a good and compact case for a future NAS build?

@2GuysTek 3 года назад

Thanks for the feedback! How compact are you thinking? Like a mATX or ITX size?

@gregoryrogers6311 3 года назад

Most likely mATX size. Keep up the awesome content!

@mikeschinkel Год назад

That was an excellent tutorial!!

@2GuysTek Год назад

Glad to hear! Make sure to check out our tutorial on how to patch ESXi (and subscribe!)

@zainuddinbrahim4625 2 года назад

Thanks , am looking to the knowledge as I have completed VMware course months back so just a good refresh, and further more there I have interview as a cloud engineer, tomorrow exactly, so just in time to renew , refresh and reknow my understandings on VMware especially on esxi host.

@EternalArcher69 2 года назад

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@kittysreview9055 3 года назад

Excellent video. Instant subscribe

@2GuysTek 3 года назад

Outstanding! Thank you for watching and subscribing!

@rumankhan6315 2 года назад

Awesome.....!! keep it up

@muhammadharoon9501 Год назад

Thanks a lot Sir!!!

@faisalak7 2 года назад

This is very good thanks for your time

@2GuysTek 2 года назад

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@ekeminiwilliam5620 2 года назад

Very Detailed...!

@2GuysTek 2 года назад

Glad you liked it! Consider subscribing!

@KoolCreation 3 года назад

Thanks learned a lot.

@ITSystemsAdmin 3 года назад

Great!

@iceman89231 2 года назад

this was great

@kashifmehmood1685 2 года назад

Fantastic 👍👍👍👍👍

@2GuysTek 2 года назад

Thanks! Consider subscribing!

@FelTContreras Год назад

Thx u so Much

@hughw. 3 года назад

#10 upvote. 👍

@2GuysTek 3 года назад

Thank you kindly Hugh!

@slomaelbaz5046 2 года назад

Thank you

@ToshuMalhotraiitk 2 года назад

You're awesome 👍👍

@2GuysTek 2 года назад

Thank you! We're glad it helped! Consider subscribing!

@k_a_w_t_a_r285 2 года назад

thank you

@ct8698 2 года назад

tjee man, after 17 min you took a breath. You are talking like a robot, but your info is very good. ))

@2GuysTek 2 года назад

Gotta keep up! Lots to talk about! :-) Thanks for watching!

@Timmexje 3 года назад

I’m looking to set up a light gaming ESXi host server. Would love to see how to hw passthrough a gpu and if possible a dedicated NVME drive.

@jimofmarseille Год назад

Thanks ! On other videos I've seen people installing vm and datastore on the same SSD. But it was on 6.7, is it possible to do it on 7 ?

@kingman262711 2 года назад

Wow, the video is well detailed and helpful. Please i have a quest, how do i replace a physical HDD that is faulty from a VM running ESXi. need help cause kind of lost here, i could see the HDD indicating RED but how to replace it is the problem.

@edgarmelo4773 Год назад

Awesome tutorial! You mentioned "internal USB sticks". I'm not familiar with the term, are you referring to a Supermicro SATADOM? A unique MoBo front header pin connection?

@2GuysTek Год назад

Many workstations and server motherboards will have an internal USB port for plugging in a USB stick to use a boot device.

@olivierngimbi 2 года назад

Merci pour cette vidéo combien intéressante.

@2GuysTek 2 года назад

merci pour le gentil commentaire et d'avoir regardé!

@bobkoss280 3 года назад

Can you do a part 2 to install vCenter? Preferably not using Windows.

@mikecurrier5868 10 месяцев назад

That was a very good video. Do you have anything with installing, configuring, and using vCenter?

@2GuysTek 9 месяцев назад

Not at the moment, we weren't sure there was interest in vCenter videos. Looks like we're wrong! We'll add it to the list!

@TheYrius Год назад

Great content! Thank you so much! Is there a way to mount SATA HDD/SSD to the ESXi bare metal server without formatting/wiping them?

@2GuysTek Год назад

Unfortunately, you can't. To utilize a disk in ESXi as place to storage VM workloads you'll need to have it formatted in VMFS and mounted as a datastore. That being said, there are other means of passing through disks to VMs using hardware passthrough, but that ties the disk to a specific virtual machine only. HTH! Thanks for the comment!

@realLuisGiordano 2 года назад

If your server supports it, you can boot the hypervisor from an SD card or an internal USB drive, saving a hard disk to be used as a datastore. ESXi needs at least 1 GB, so a 8 GB USB or SD card is more than enough.

@teslacybertruck7317 Год назад

Great Video. How did you create the second ESXI running on your VM ? Did you use a type 2 Hypervisor to do that ?

@2GuysTek Год назад

Nope! ESXi will happily run a VM of ESXi! It’s a bit of inception, but believe it or not that’s how VMware does it’s training as well.

@jemsncrystals 2 года назад

@ronnakiey 2 года назад

Thank you for sharing this video. However, I have a question! I'm trying to install VMware ESXi 7 U2/U3 on a HPE Proliant DL360 Gen10 server. I have 2 x 1.92 TB SSDs installed and 1 6248R Processor with 32Gb RAM. I want to achieve ESXi installation on the RAID 1 logical drive. I successfully create the RAID 1 logical drive. However, during ESXi installation, the logical drives are not appearing as a destination drive option. What should I do? Which specific VMware ESXI 7 U2/U3 image file should be using?

@2GuysTek 2 года назад

Great question! This sounds like it's an issue of ESXi either not having driver support for your RAID card or possibly that the RAID card in your host isn't a hardware RAID but actually a software RAID, which VMware doesn't support. Here's where I'd start first - Since you're installing ESXi on an HPE server, download and use the customized ISO from HPE. www.hpe.com/us/en/servers/hpe-esxi.html (just find the version of ESXi you wanna install, download, and then follow our USB install instructions from the video.) Big vendors like HPE, Cisco, Dell, etc. build VMware ESXi ISO installs that contain drivers specific to their gear that may not be in the generic ESXi install ISO that VMware produces. It's the same version of ESXi that you'd get from VMware with the added value of having the drivers for the specific hardware from the vendor. Best of luck! Thanks for the comment and consider subscribing!

@getbackourhealth4268 Год назад

How do I fix this error message "Requested malloc size 186096144 failed, caller offset 0xefeaeef3 Fatal error: 10 (Out of resources)"? I'm using windows 10 on a lenovo pc. Thanks in advance

@rottenfist220 Год назад

ESXi is the hypervisor, vSphere is the central orchestration software. Came here for the vSphere returned empty handed.

@2GuysTek Год назад

Technically speaking, vCenter is the central orchestration software, vSphere is the overall suit of different products that encompass VMware’s virtualization portfolio which included ESXi, but the point is taken.

@lisafitzinger7213 2 года назад

If you are going to use VCenter, do you put your guest O.S. in the esxi like you did Linux or do you add Vcenter and put it inside Vcenter?

@2GuysTek 2 года назад

Can you elaborate here? I'm not sure what you're asking. vCenter runs as a virtual appliance inside of an ESXi host. See if you can't clarify your question a bit more and we'll do our best to answer!

@pranjalsaxena7491 29 дней назад

please share any link to download VMware tools.

@blinkybill4062 Год назад

Just wondering how you can get a browser session setup if all you have is one system and it has just gotten ESXI installed. That is up to time 7:03

@2GuysTek Год назад

I'm using my desktop to access the web admin site, not the ESXi host that was built.

@hotrodhunk7389 9 месяцев назад

You forgot the part where it doesn't recognize the Ethernet driver 😂😂😂

@2GuysTek 9 месяцев назад

Ah yes, the VMware HCL is a strict one! Best pick up a simple Intel NIC for your build!

@MattDeezly 5 месяцев назад

When I add my license key every feature disappears....?

@ThexXxXxOLOxXxXx 2 года назад

So after doing like in the video can i finally add passthough to my nvdia gpu? it's a gtx970 btw

@2GuysTek 2 года назад

This video doesn't touch on pass through, only the installation of ESXi.

@PrakashAbraham 2 года назад

Great video. I'm having an issue with sound. Installed created a vSphere VM in VMW workstation Created an Ubuntu VM in vSphere - boots up and works great but there's no sound What did I miss?

@2GuysTek 2 года назад

If you're using Workstation, you'll need to add audio hardware to your VM. It's been a loooong time since I used Workstation so I'm not even sure that is an option anymore. Good luck!

@kashifnoor4750 Год назад

Nice video. Specifications of the Hardware for installing the VMware?

@2GuysTek Год назад

docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.esxi.upgrade.doc/GUID-DEB8086A-306B-4239-BF76-E354679202FC.html#:~:text=ESXi%207.0%20requires%20a%20minimum,Gigabit%20or%20faster%20Ethernet%20controllers.

@jamiestith8935 3 года назад

Cute penguin

@cmcreynolds3743 5 месяцев назад

You show ESXI installer installing. I downloaded the zip file. Extracted the zip. However I cannot figure out how to run the ESXI installer? I see many 'voo' files and a couple 'tgs' files. What's to do to make the installer run? Thanks

@2GuysTek 5 месяцев назад

You need to download the ISO and create a bootable USB stick to install ESXi. We walk you through this in the beginning of the video.

@riclee5134 3 года назад

how to use the CRX POD ?

@IAmAlpharius14 2 года назад

Hello i have a question about type 1 hypervisors. If i wanted to install drivers on it is that possible and can i just do that in dom0? I need this because i want to use qubes os which is an os that is built on the xen hypervisor.

@2GuysTek 2 года назад

This is a complicated question to answer - specifically because it really depends on the hypervisor you're using. If we're talking about ESXi then additional driver compatibility is very limited. VMware breaks down drivers into 3 categories: VMware-supplied, Vendor-supplied, and Community-supplied. VMware-supplied drivers are straight from the source, vetted and guaranteed to be safe and reliable (typically). Vendor-supplied drivers are drivers that VMware considers safe and the hardware vendor has tested and vetted to work with ESXi. Community-supplied drivers have no guarantee of reliability or vetting and can put the system at potential risk. In recent versions of ESXi VMware has been making moves to limit and in some cases even remove the ability to load community-supplied drivers. Because Qubes-OS is based on Xen, you'd have to see what Xen will allow to load as far as hypervisor-level drivers are concerned. Unfortunately we can't really speak to that since we've not played around with with Qubes-OS (but we're going to now!) Thanks for watching and consider subscribing! All the best!

@IAmAlpharius14 2 года назад

@@2GuysTek thanks for the elaborate answer i appreciatie it! Cool to hear you're gonna take a look at it. I think qubes is really great if you are very serious about your privacy. Downside is that the os is resource hungry and gaming on it is almost out of the question since it also doesnt have hardware acceleration due to security concerns. Because its so heavy on resources i bought a more powerful laptop for it so once that arrives im also gonna be able to play around with it :D

@wesleyglover8553 2 года назад

Hey, when i go to add new datstore and select device, nothing is listed except 'no devices available with free space'.. why am i getting this error?

@2GuysTek 2 года назад

What are your storage devices?

@UmbraAtrox_ Год назад

As i will be also using a usbdrive for esxi, can i install it on a different machine and move the drive after installation, before first boot to the server?

@2GuysTek Год назад

In theory yes, though I've never done it.

@UmbraAtrox_ Год назад

@@2GuysTek Hmm, maybe an idea for a short? Ended up doing it the old fashioned way, i was to lazy to reboot my pc.

@roopinderpalsinghrandhawa9846 2 года назад

What hardware of DELL is the VMware esxi installed on?

@2GuysTek 2 года назад

If I understand your question, you will find a ESXi installed on dell servers like the R-series.

@venkateshbalaga891 2 года назад

👍

@michaelhanson5773 3 года назад

i have a question... i followed this pretty much exactly... i am running this in a VM just like in the video... however i was trying to install a windows 10 client instead of linux. When i go to run the VM, the window pops up where it would normally show the VM, but it says "Failed To Connect". In the thumbnail window, i can see it updates to the screen where it asks to press any key to enter setup, but for some reason the actual VM window just says failed to connect. After a while of just staying on, the VM thumbnail will eventually update to show the boot manager screen, but when i click on it, the pop-up window just says it fails to connect.. Is there a network setting or something i am missing? i have followed this guide exactly the same... wanted to make sure i was getting this correct before actually putting on a physical machine to tinker with to get experience. Thanks.

@michaelhanson5773 3 года назад

not sure if this helps, but when the VM is running, i can click on Launch Remote Console and it will open a new tab in VMWARE and i can then view the VM normally... however, when i click to open the browser console, it opens the new window and says "Failed To Connect" so this lends me to think it is a network issue or something since it won't open through Microsoft Edge browser?

@michaelhanson5773 3 года назад

nvm... apparently BitDefender is blocking this. Not sure why... looks like i will need to look into the settings more and figure it out.

@2GuysTek 3 года назад

Out of curiosity, why are you nesting your hypervisor? What hypervisor are you running ESXi under?

@michaelhanson5773 3 года назад

@@2GuysTek i mean, i just wanted to see what esxi was all about since i am a hyper-v person but to date hyper v doesnt support nesting with amd processors without running a preview build of windows to get version 9.3. I was running esxi under vmware workstation. I get it is a type 2 hypervisor and is slower but it is all i can get amd nesting to work with on a windows platform that i have access to so i can install it and mess around during a trial. Your guide also showed esxi running under a vm so it was nested as well. Only difference i guess is that my host had bitdefender installed which basically took over blocking access to the https and then the vms through the NAT. Looks like it is a common issue.. although i dont mind turning it off for a bit when just messing around with esxi. The reason i would use nesting at home and why we use it at work (via intel) os for software development since we run our development stations in vms and they also need to emulate devices like android. I had heard esxi supported nesting with amd, and wanted to check it out but not completely have to throw together a machine to use it.

@ap90033 3 года назад

I have a Openmediavault server running on a 3900x w 32 gb ecc ram and a GTX 2080. Can I convert this to a VM, maintain the RAID6 array and install ESXi in place of the server then spin up the VM? I would love to have a vm win 10 machine for gaming....

@2GuysTek 3 года назад

In theory, yes. There's a lot of questions that would need to be answered first like, are you planning to keep the RAID array intact as-is or are you planning on having ESXi use the RAID array for datastore volumes? Also, you'll need to verify that your RAID card is supported by ESXi. At a minimum though, if you blew everything apart and ran ESXi on the host, you could have a VM of OMV running to serve your home media like it does now, and you could have a Windows 10 VM running concurrently with you passing the 2080 GPU and some USB ports directly to the VM for game playing - Then you'd just connect the monitor to the 2080, and the mouse and keyboard to the passed through ports and you're off and running. That makes it sound easier than it is though - but it is doable.

@ap90033 3 года назад

@@2GuysTek thanks! Been searching for the best way to do this. Since I have a RAID 6 70TB Array with 40TB of data I really want to preserve it. Also since OMV is running great with multiple dockers I am wanting to convert this to a vm. I am thinking it would be good to take the 1tb ssd with OMV and once it's converted to a vm use it to with another 1TB SSD to store the VM's.

@SterlingSigurdsen 2 года назад

But how do you boot off the disc? I was trying to upgrade to 7.0 from 6.5 and now I get the hyper visor recovery mode bank 5 and 6 are not configured and no hypervisor installed

@2GuysTek 2 года назад

When you booted from the USB stick, did you select 'upgrade' or "install'?

@SterlingSigurdsen 2 года назад

@@2GuysTek upgrade

@lr8248 2 года назад

Chrome web browser already installed with ESXI or did you use another pc to log in?

@2GuysTek 2 года назад

You’ll need another PC to manage the web ui of ESXi.

@lr8248 2 года назад

@@2GuysTek Thank you for reply. So using another PC to install ISO into ESXi hard drive?

@2GuysTek 2 года назад

Sorry, to be clear - You'll install ESXi directly using a USB stick and connect a keyboard and monitor to the host you're install ESXi on. After the installation is complete then you'll use a different PC to connect to the web UI of your installed ESXi host. To produce the installation USB stick for ESXi you'll need another PC with a browser to download the ISO from VMware, and using Rufus (an ISO to USB flashing tool we mention in the video) you'll create your installation media. The video walks you through that process, but don't hesitate to ask if you have questinos!

@lr8248 2 года назад

@@2GuysTek OK got it. On your usb drive do you format using NTFS or exFAT beforw download ESXi installer?

@2GuysTek 2 года назад

Neither. When you write the ESXi ISO file to your USB stick using Rufus, it will be 'formatting' it at the same time. The ISO file is an image, and that image will be written to the USB stick, overwriting any data already on the USB stick.

@IanGSully 3 года назад

My ESXi is an HP ProLiant DL380 G6, only support ESXi 6.5 though:( Not sure if I could get newer CPUs that will be supported by my server and ESXi 7.0.1.

@2GuysTek 3 года назад

6.5 is still fantastic and has a lot of supported life left in it!

@IanGSully 2 года назад

@@2GuysTek Just an update on that, I actually got a Cisco UCS C240 M3, and it is a freaking BEAST of a server! I can do a Windows Server install in less than 5 or 10 minutes, it's that quick!

@2GuysTek 2 года назад

Awesome! UCS’s are great platforms! Enjoy it!

@IanGSully Год назад

@@2GuysTek I updated my ESXi Hosts to ESXi 7.0.3 version F, and the UI is slightly changed a little bit lol

@Connorplayer123 Год назад

#homelab

@f.bashofi7789 Год назад

For once, the software is actually really useful

@nonope9355 2 года назад

Do you open the browser on the esxi host machine and if so, how? I'm confused about this step, isnt it supposed to be bare metal?

@2GuysTek 2 года назад

Use another computer to access the WebUI of your ESXi installation, from there you can manage your hypervisor and VMs.

@nonope9355 2 года назад

@@2GuysTek thanks, but do I need the second pc to use the VM's ? Or does the vm load up on a monitor connected to the server itself?

@2GuysTek 2 года назад

@@nonope9355 No. Once you've connected to the WebUI you can use the virtual console in the web browser to access your VMs virtual console. The WebUI is your management interface to all things virtualized on your system!

@nonope9355 2 года назад

Well then how is type 1 hypervisor "bare metal" when you can only access the VM's through a second pc? Sorry for all the questions, just genuinely interested and can't find many answers online.

@2GuysTek 2 года назад

@@nonope9355 Correct. ESXi as an OS is extremely lightweight, and requires very little in terms of computer, storage, and RAM to run. This is by design to leave as much of the available hardware free for VMs. So all interactions you have with it will be done through the management WebUI or directly to the VMs themselves. For example, if you're running Windows in a VM, you could use RDP (remote desktop) to get a desktop from your Windows VM, or use the 'zero console' from within the ESXi WebUI. If it's a Linux VM you could always SSH into your command line environment or install and use VNC to get a remote desktop. Hope that helps!

@tottoro965 2 года назад

Thank you for your good video. 6:33 Please let me know how you define the static IP address is 192.168.8.16 ? Could you tell me how can I find out the IP address?

@2GuysTek 2 года назад

You can define your static IP address for the management interface from the console directly. Or via the web GUI if you know the DHCP address of the ESXi box.

@tottoro965 2 года назад

@@2GuysTek thanks for your reply. Sorry for the stupid question, but how would I connect the console for the management interface directly if I don't have any devices except my laptop? Can I define myself the static IP address in the range of private IP addresses arbitrarily like 192.168.1.2 or 192.168.1.3 (if available) and so on? Which Web UI are you referring to? I still have not installed any ESXi

@samirashur2153 Год назад

but I can't figure out how to turn those softs into softs you know what I an

@2GuysTek Год назад

I literally have no idea what you're asking here.

@tech5046 2 года назад

vmware vCenter server 6.7 key available

@iceman89231 2 года назад

how do you get your license if you forget to write down?

@2GuysTek 2 года назад

Log back into your account, you can find it there.

@funteccric1564 3 года назад

I am facing an issue while installation of esxi 7.0....it is not showing storage....it is only showing the USB which contains ISO of esxi.....can any body help me???? I tried to install esxi 6.5 which works properly

@2GuysTek 3 года назад

What’s is your storage hardware in the host? It’s possible you have an unsupported storage controller. VMware ESXi doesn’t support software RAID implementations, just in case that’s something you’re attempting to do. Best of luck and consider joining our discord! There’s always help there!

@funteccric1564 3 года назад

@@2GuysTek I configure RAID on the server.......R710 is the server with CPU X5550

@funteccric1564 3 года назад

@@2GuysTek Remember i told you that i have installed Esxi 6.5 on the same server......with same RAID

@funteccric1564 3 года назад

@@2GuysTek Is there any possibility to install Esxi 7.0 with unsupported CPU?? i have tried below mentioned link but the issue is i am unable to get storage where i want to install. It shows only USB which contains ISO of Esxi 4sysops.com/archives/vsphere-7-0-unsupported-cpus-and-esxi-7-0-hardware-requirements/

@2GuysTek 3 года назад

What CPU are you attempting to install ESXi 7 on that isn't supported? Also - your missing storage is not likely related to the CPU compatibility. To get to that point in the install you're already beyond the point that you would be prevented from installing ESXi due to CPU compatiblitiy.

@huskeyting746 3 года назад

For some reason I lost my license and it says i downloaded it from a third party.... Dont know alot about this but something is not rite

@huskeyting746 3 года назад

And the posted link no longer works.

@2GuysTek 3 года назад

@@huskeyting746 just go here: my.vmware.com/web/vmware/evalcenter?p=free-esxi7 and sign up for an account and download a new key.

@ChiquiSistemas 3 года назад

The VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) Offline Bundle has password, what it is?

@2GuysTek 3 года назад

Download the ISO, not the bundle.

@jackt6112 2 года назад

I agree, ESXi is the best hypervisor out there, hands down. I've tried Hyper-V and XEN. They are not even close. The best way to become a fan of one of the others is to not work with and understand ESXi. Once you've spent time with ESXi, what you learn is what Hyper-V cites as an advantage over ESXi, is actually one of their own shortcomings. Hyper-V is like the dumb blonde. It looks good but has nowhere near the stability or smarts.

@2GuysTek 2 года назад

You, sir, are preaching to the choir! I will say however, the one thing that ESXi lacks in comparison to other virtualization platforms out there is the native container support. The 'AIO' systems like unRAID and Proxmox do have the added benefit of being an all-in-one setup for people running #homelabs. And that's only possible because they're built on top of a full Linux kernel. VMware's secret sauce is and has always been it's purpose-built virtualization-only hypervisor. Runs in RAM, super small footprint, and is truly enterprise-grade. Thanks for the comment, consider subscribing!

@byrd203 6 месяцев назад

As of 2023 VM no longer recommended USB Sticks because of the changes to storage handling for ESXI 8.0 current Version of dec 2023

@bakshghulam7077 3 года назад

Thank Need VMware vSphere Client for 7.0

@2GuysTek 3 года назад

There is no 'client' per se for VMware any longer, everything is web-based. Also, the old vSphere 'fat client' won't support v7 of ESXi/vCenter. The good news is that VMware's web clients are just as good as the old vSphere client was (finally) and you're not missing out on any features the old fat client had!

@bakshghulam7077 3 года назад

@@2GuysTek Thanks

@mlaururentiu2500 Год назад

the vmware Hypervisor does not like realtek network cards ... for a home build that sucks !!!!

@2GuysTek Год назад

You can give this fling a try: flings.vmware.com/usb-network-native-driver-for-esxi But for the most part you're right - VMware adheres to a rather stringent HCL (hardware compatibility list) to guarantee it's reliability and uptime for production. That excludes a lot of cheaper PHYs on the market.

@mattk.5258 2 года назад

17 mins isn't long bud.

@brierepooc8987 2 года назад

ProxMox

@2GuysTek 2 года назад

You want a how to install for Proxmox?

@charlesdean03 3 года назад

Is the Best? thats kind of not exactly true cause if it was the best big corporations would not be running KVM or Xen at the backend. Hell look at AWS they were running Xen before and now they are on KVM. It depends on what it is being used for. I will call it one of the best but definitely NOT the best!!