Category: ESXi

ESXi, VMware

Booting ESX ISO installer unmodified from USB with Ventoy

With the number of physical hosts not having CDROMs, along with newer laptops not having burners,   I figure it’s time to move away from installing ESX from CDROM in my lab or Customer site. I had tried VMware’s instructions and failed,  and found this method: ESXi 6.7 USB install setup from Linux Recently I noticed that a new USB multi-boot program called Ventoy.  However it … Continue reading Booting ESX ISO installer unmodified from USB with Ventoy

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ESXi, VMware

ESXi 6.7 USB install setup from Linux

Just upgraded some of my Lab hardware, now to install 6.7 on a newer Dell R630 without a CDROM we need to copy the installer to USB stick.    I prefer using Linux, and the default instructions at VMware fail to work on Ubuntu 18.04,  so here is the solution I found for Ubuntu 18.04 Install Syslinux 3.86 on your Ubuntu ( latest version of Syslinux  … Continue reading ESXi 6.7 USB install setup from Linux

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ESXi, Storage, VMware

vSphere / ESXi homelab setup

Introduction This post documents my evolving home-lab setup as of December 2018 Since many of my clients are smaller SMB’s they often need hands-on help with physical storage, networking and security in addition to VMware.   Since my background was coming from a software ( not IT ) area I needed a lab that used physical hardware ( e.g production servers and network equipment ) Equipment … Continue reading vSphere / ESXi homelab setup

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ESXi, NSX

ESX/NSX nested lab – Part I

Introduction page Physical Lab setup This part includes setup of Nested ESX VM’s.  The second part will include nested NSX. Setup This section covers what worked for me and the major steps required.   You may need to reference the listed links for more info. The steps to setup the lab are: I have two ESXi physical host running ESX 6.5 (typical) 128GB RAM, 2 sockets, … Continue reading ESX/NSX nested lab – Part I

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