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vSphere ESXi 4 on a usb flash drive

admin — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:57:41 +0000

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

How to Update ESXi

admin — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:12:30 +0000

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

1. Connect the VI Client to the host that needs to be updated.
2. Choose Start > Programs > VMware > VMware Infrastructure Update. (this is installed during the VI client install for ESXi)
3. On the Hosts tab, select the ESXi hosts to check for updates.
4. On the Updates tab, click Check Now.
5. Install the Update. This will download the Update.
6. Once the update is downloaded, will prompt for authentication for your ESXi host and install the update.
7. From VI Client, reboot the ESXi host

VMware ESX and ESXi Comparison

admin — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:31:22 +0000

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

SSH ESXi

admin — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 09:40:30 +0000

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

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

This works with ESX3i & ESX4i.