ESXi Archives - VMscrub https://vmscrub.com/category/esxi/ Scrub of the VM world. Sat, 13 Aug 2022 15:43:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://vmscrub.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/cropped-favicon.png ESXi Archives - VMscrub https://vmscrub.com/category/esxi/ 32 32 Installing macOS 12 Monterey on VMware ESXi 7 Update 3 https://vmscrub.com/installing-macos-12-monterey-on-vmware-esxi-7-update-3/ https://vmscrub.com/installing-macos-12-monterey-on-vmware-esxi-7-update-3/#comments Tue, 01 Feb 2022 17:25:00 +0000 https://vmscrub.com/?p=4239 So it's been a little over a year since the last macOS on ESXi install guide I've written for Big Sur and VMware ESXi 7 Update 1. Subsequently, Apple has released macOS 12 Monterey and VMware has updated ESXi to 7 Update 3.  […]

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]]> https://vmscrub.com/installing-macos-12-monterey-on-vmware-esxi-7-update-3/feed/ 93 Installing macOS 11 Big Sur on VMware ESXi 7 Update 1 https://vmscrub.com/installing-macos-11-big-sur-on-esxi-7-update-1/ https://vmscrub.com/installing-macos-11-big-sur-on-esxi-7-update-1/#comments Sat, 28 Nov 2020 20:39:20 +0000 https://vmscrub.com/?p=2306 Since Apple's new macOS Big Sur dropped a little over 2 weeks ago, some of you may want to tinker around with the new OS in your homelab. Below I'll list out the steps I used to get this up and running in my lab environment. […]

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]]> https://vmscrub.com/installing-macos-11-big-sur-on-esxi-7-update-1/feed/ 113 Upgrade vCenter & ESXi 6.5 to vSphere 7 https://vmscrub.com/upgrade-vcenter-esxi-6-5-to-vsphere-7/ https://vmscrub.com/upgrade-vcenter-esxi-6-5-to-vsphere-7/#respond Mon, 03 Aug 2020 00:14:10 +0000 https://vmscrub.com/?p=2114 Yikes...I have not updated anything on this site for a long while. Been busy with baby duties and IRL stuff amidst this new COVID world. […]

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]]> https://vmscrub.com/upgrade-vcenter-esxi-6-5-to-vsphere-7/feed/ 0 Upgrade ESXi 6.5 Version using the Offline Bundle https://vmscrub.com/upgrade-esxi-65-version-using-the-offline-bundle/ https://vmscrub.com/upgrade-esxi-65-version-using-the-offline-bundle/#comments Tue, 30 May 2017 20:00:55 +0000 http://vmscrub.com/?p=551 Quick Navigation Download the Offline BundleUpload the Offline Bundle to a DatastoreUpgrade ESXi via CLI using the Offline Bundle There are times when you’ll need to do a manual update on your hosts. Depending on how your environment is setup, you may need to plan out the best steps to do a ESXi version upgrade […]

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]]> https://vmscrub.com/upgrade-esxi-65-version-using-the-offline-bundle/feed/ 1 ESXi 6.5 Home Lab Setup (Part 2of2) https://vmscrub.com/esxi-6-5-home-lab-setup-part-2of2/ https://vmscrub.com/esxi-6-5-home-lab-setup-part-2of2/#comments Sat, 13 May 2017 00:59:28 +0000 http://vmscrub.com/?p=297 Quick Navigation Plug In Your DrivesBooting Up The NUCInstalling ESXi 6.5Configuring ESXi 6.5 Host Now that we’ve created our install media in Part 1, we can move on to installing ESXi on the 8GB USB boot drive.Plug In Your DrivesMake sure you plug in both drives into your NUC. I’ll plug in the ESXi installer into […]

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]]> https://vmscrub.com/esxi-6-5-home-lab-setup-part-2of2/feed/ 2 ESXi 6.5 Home Lab Setup (Part 1of2) https://vmscrub.com/esxi-6-5-home-lab-setup-part-1of2/ https://vmscrub.com/esxi-6-5-home-lab-setup-part-1of2/#comments Fri, 12 May 2017 04:33:30 +0000 http://vmscrub.com/?p=224 Quick Navigation Things I’ll needBuild the ISOCreate A Bootable USB Ok so first things first! Since I have all the hardware components I can start to put together this lab. I’ve already installed the memory into the NUCs and now I need the installation media to install and configure the ESXi 6.5 boot drive.Things I’ll needI’ll […]

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