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  • Create a new VM using VMware Player or Workstation  that is capable of running ESX — make sure it has a USB controller
  • Insert USB flash drive
  • Boot the ESXi 4 ISO image
  • Connect the USB drive to the VM
  • Run through the ESXi installer and select the USB drive as the installation destination
  • Wait for installation to complete
  • Plug the flash drives into the server to test

ESXi patches and updates can be downloaded from here.

The Quick & Easy way to Install the patches are..

If VMware Infrastructure Update(VIU) is not installed, reinstall VMware Infrastructure Client and select (VIU) during the install. Its part of that.

Shutdown all the VM’s. The Update will reboot the ESXi host

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What’s the difference between ESX and ESXi.  Check out this link here. The article provides detailed comparison between VMware ESX and ESXi

By default SSH is not enabled in ESXi. Follow the steps below to enable it

  1. At the ESXi console, press alt+F1
  2. Type: unsupported
  3. Enter the root password
  4. At the prompt type “vi /etc/inetd.conf
  5. Look for the line that starts with “#ssh”
  6. Remove the “#” (press the “x” if the cursor is on the character)
  7. Save “/etc/inetd.conf” by typing “:wq!” or “ZZ
  8. Restart the management service “/sbin/services.sh restart” or reboot the host

This works with ESX3i & ESX4i.