VMware vSphere ESXi

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VMware vSphere ESXi 3.5,4,5 http://www.vmware.com/

Information

ERPXE Module

• Name: - VMware vSphere ESXi

• Version: 3.5,4,5

• Official website: http://www.vmware.com/

• License: Proprietary software

• Wikpedia Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESXi

• Download: http://www.erpxe.com/downloads

• Supported from ERPXE 1.0

Plugin type

Plugin type

VMware vSphere ESXi	Anti-Virus	Deployment	Diagnostics	OS Installation	Live Media	Recovery Tools
	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No

Plugin Requirments

Plugin Requirments

VMware vSphere ESXi	CIFS	HTTP	Internet	NFS	Linux OS	Windows OS
	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes

Special Information

VMware ESX is an enterprise-level computer virtualization product offered by VMware, Inc.

ESX is a component of VMware's larger offering, VMware Infrastructure, and adds management and reliability services to the core server product.

The original ESX is being replaced by ESXi.

Linux Installation Instructions

Download vmwareX-XXX.tar.gz to /

https://sourceforge.net/projects/erpxe/files/plugins/

extract vmwareX-XXX.tar.gz file:

tar -xvzf vmwareX-XXX.tar.gz

Download VMware ESXi 3.5,4,5 ISO Latest Version to /mnt/ :

http://downloads.vmware.com/

Mount ISO file to temporary location (/mnt/cdrom/)

mkdir /mnt/cdrom/
mount -o loop /mnt/vmware-XXX.iso /mnt/cdrom/

Copy ISO content to appropriate directory: (LOWER CASE ONLY!)

VMware ESXi 3.5

cp /mnt/cdrom/* /tftpboot/er/plugins/vmware/esxi35

VMware ESXi 4.0/4.1

cp /mnt/cdrom/* /tftpboot/er/plugins/vmware/esxi4

VMware ESXi 5.0 (DO NOT OVERWRITE boot.cfg!)

cp /mnt/cdrom/* /tftpboot/er/plugins/vmware/esxi5

Verify files with filelist.txt in each folder.

All Done!