You should know that ESXi is quite restrictive in hardware. The installer scans your hardware to detect the hard drives(s). (If your PC isn't too old it should work). Once the files are loaded, it notifies you don't install ESXi on all materials. The installer loads the required files for installation. Press ENTER or let the installer automatically start. To install, boot on the installation CD of ESXi 5.0 (VMware-VMvisor-Installer-5.0.0-469512.x86_64.iso) you have previously burned onto a CD. If you wish, you can also download the client now is in the list of files to download ESXi or you can download it by going to the page of your ESXi server when you have installed it. Keep it safe to activate your server later because by default the server is installed as a trial of 60 days. Sign up and receive a free serial number for ESXi 5. When you want to download ESXi, VMWare will ask you to register. But these virtual machines running on the server and not on the client, it is obviously necessary to install an OS on each of them to use them.įirst, download the ESXi 5.0 server. The client connects to the server using a software called 'vSphere Client' and allows you to manage the server, create virtual machines, use, etc. In this diagram, you can see it takes a client and a server. Here is an overview of how ESXi to give you an idea of what it is : To install a VMware ESXi 6.7 hypervisor, refer to our tutorial : VMware ESXi 6.7 - Install VMware ESXi and create your first VM.įor this tutorial, I used the 5.0 version of ESXi and his client called 'vSphere Client'. We therefore advise you to upgrade to a more recent version, such as : VMware ESXi 6.7. VMware ESXi 5.0 (which is part of the VMware vSphere 5.0 solution) is no longer supported by VMware since August 2016.

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