VMWARE EXSI Server installation - P1

VMWARE EXSI Server installation

 

In order to create the VMWare EXSi server 5.5 server we need to do the following steps

Part 1: Collecting the Tools required

1.       Creating account at https://my.vmware.com.

2.       Downloading the following list of software’s from VMWARE Website

a.       VMware-tools-linux-9.4.10-2068191

b.      VMware-viclient-all-5.5.0-1993072.exe

c.       VMware-VMvisor-Installer-5.5.0.update02-2068190.x86_64.iso

d.      VMware-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5.5.0.20000-2063318_OVF10.ova

3.       Downloading supporting client tools

a.       Putty

b.      WinSCP

c.       RUFUS

4.       Supportive Hardware required

a.       USB stick Minimum 4GB

b.      A Server Machine

c.       A High Internet Speed LAN connection

Part 2:

5.       Run Rufus application and click No for updates

6.       Select the MBR partiions and find the VMWARE EXSI  ISO file

 

 

7.       After the USB the ready install VMWare EXSI at Server and set the network for this follow the following steps

a.       Creating RAID for your server.

b.      Enabling Virtualization from settings.

c.       Running the installer.

d.      Accepting the License

e.      Setting the password for server

 

f.       Restart the server and

g. Managing the IP configuration that making the static IP of server

We can access the server from any other system over the network, we may get the following error but we can pass through it