Install Vmware esxi 5.5 Step by Step

Download the ISO from VMware’s website. In order to do this you will need to have a VMware account and register for the free trial. One you have everything select the ESXi 5.5 ISO hypervisior and select manual download

Once the ISO has been downloaded burn to a DVD or if creating a nested version off ESXi select the Iso file location on your machine.

 Insert the DVD into the machine and boot off of that device

 Once boot up has begun you will see a screen shown below that will automatically load up into the esxi 5.5 installer. You can Hit “Enter” or wait the 10 second time out to begin loading up the installer.

After the setup has finished loading you will be able to start the installation, Hit “Enter” to being installing ESXi 5.5

Accept the User Agreement by hitting “F11”

Now your system will be scanned for hardware and storage

In my lab I’m installing ESXi on a VM, On this next window you can select the storage to install ESXi on. If you’re installing on a physical server you may want to consider using a 4GB usb flash disk. Once you have selected the proper storage hit “Enter” to continue

Next select your language and hit “Enter” to continue

Next we will be setting the Root password. This is your only way of accessing the host until it has been joined vCenter. Make sure you do not forget this password. Once you have created your password hit “Enter” to continue

The system will once again scan for additional system information making sure your system meets the minimum requirements. For my lab here it told me I did not have enough Ram and I had to add more before continuing.

Before continuing with the install you will get a warning message that the selected storage will be repartitioned meaning all data will be destroyed. Hit “F11” to continue

Now the installation has begun copying files to your storage location

You are finished, Make sure to remove the installation DVD or unmounts it from your VM before rebooting. Hit “Enter” to finish and reboot the host.

Once rebooted the ESXi host will load up and you can now begin to configure and administer this host

How to Install VMware Workstation and Create a Virtual Machine on Your PC

This introduction is about how to install a virtual machine on your computer. A virtual machine (VM) is a software implementation of a machine (a computer) that executes programs like a physical machine. Most people have one computer. If you want to set up a local area network or a machine to be small-scale experiments, it is not enough. You also want to have both windows and Linux OS. Buy a computer is not worth it. Fortunately, Virtual machine software can virtual a lot of guests in a host computer.

Steps:

Install the VMware Workstation a Windows host computers.

Note: To install Workstation on a Windows 7 host computer, you must log on as administrator.

The first step, is to select Create a New Virtual Machine - you can choose different options if you're an expert at VMware, but if you're reading this, then you're probably not - so click the first option.

The next step, is to choose which type of configuration you want. The Typical option will walk you through just a few steps, with the Custom option going into great detail on the specifics of you virtual machine installation.

The third step is to select where your source image, or CD is coming from. If you've got a physical retail Windows disc, then you would go with the top option of using the Installer disc, and choose your optical drive. If you're using an ISO file, which we are today, then you would choose the Installer disc image file (iso).

The next step is to enter in your Windows product key, but this is something you can skip over and enter in once Windows is installed - you have 30 days to activate Windows anyway, this just saves some time. Obviously if you've got it handy, enter this key now.

Within this same part of the installation procedure, you'll need to choose your version of Windows to install - we're installing Windows 7 Ultimate. You can enter in your name, and password for your new Windows 7 virtual machine.

The next step is to give your virtual machine a name, as well as the location of your virtual machine image.

This step allows you to choose the maximum disc size of your virtual machine, where we'll be using 60GB thanks to Corsair supplying us with some uber-fast 240GB Force Series GT SSDs. You can also choose to store the virtual disc as a single file, or split into multiple files. We've chosen to go with the single file option.

The final step is to double check all of your options, as you're ready to create your virtual machine. This is just a run down of the settings you've chosen through this guide. There's an option down the bottom of the last step to Power on this virtual machine after creation - which we've ticked, so we can get right into it.

That's it! Now Windows 7 is installing on our system.