This installation guide will explain each phase step by step and guide you through Windows 10 operating system installation on a virtual machine (VM) running in the VMware ESXi environment. In our example, we will create a virtual machine on the ESXi 6.0 host.
Official support for WIndows 10 in VMWare products is available in the following versions of ESXi:. ESXi 5.5, ESXi 5.5 Update 1, Update 2 and Update 3. ESXi 6.0 and above Installing Windows 10 on ESXi 6.0 We need the installation image of Windows 10 in ISO file format. You can download it from Microsoft website or create using. In our example we use Windows 10 x64 Professional Eng image. Upload it to the VMFS datastore or, which is accessible from your ESXi host. As the version of the guest operating system, select Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit).
Even Windows 10 is missing in the list of supported operating systems (in older ESXi versions), you can try to install it by selecting guest operating system as Microsoft Windows 8 (64bit), which has the similar Windows kernel. Specify the virtual disk size (.vmdk). Windows 10 x86 requires at least 16 Gb disk size, and Windows 10 64-bit – 20 GB. On the result screen check option Edit the virtual machine settings before completion. In the VM properties specify at least 1 Gb RAM for 32-bit Windows 10, and 2 Gb for 64-bit and add one additional virtual CPU unit. Go to virtual CD/DVD device settings.
Select Datastore ISO File and browse it to Windows 10 x64 ISO image you uploaded earlier. Check on Connect at power on. Press Finish to start VM creation. Windows 10 installation on ESXi 6.0 Once the VM appeared in the vSphere console, start it. This will start the Windows 10 installation. Select your language preferences and click on Next.
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In the next window press Install now. Enter your Windows 10 product key or skip this step. Accept Microsoft license terms. Select Custom Windows 10 installation (advanced).
In our case since we are using VMware Paravirtual adapter as default SCSI controller, Windows 10 installation wizard does not identify a hard drive and showing message We couldn’t find any drives. To get a storage driver, click Load driver. To make Windows installer to identify the hard drive you need to install the pvscsi driver (in our case). To do this select Guest Install/Update VMware Tools in vSphere console. Or you can mount VMware Tools.iso image manually:.
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Using Datastore Browser go to the top level. Follow to the folder vmimages - tools-isoimages and select windows.iso image.
Press OK to mount disk image. Switch back to the Windows installation screen and press Load Driver button. To load SCSI driver press Browse and select the following path: D: Program Files VMWare Tools Driver pvscsi amd64 (for x64 Windows 10 version). In the driver list select VMWare PVSCSI Controller (D: Program Files VMWare Tools Driver pvscsi amd64 pvscsi.inf) and press Next.
After pcscsi driver has been loaded, Windows 10 setup program now identify virtual hard drive (for LSI Logic parallel controller you need to perform the same procedure). In the settings of a virtual CD drive, return the Windows 10 ISO image. Press Next to allow Windows 10 setup program automatically create all needed partitions on unallocated disk space of your virtual hard drive or you can make drive repartition manually.
Wait for the system to copy installation files and extract them. After installation is complete, the VM restarts once. Now you need to specify the Product Key (you can skip this step again) and specify your username and password. Installing VMWare tools on guest OS The last thing you need to do is to install VMWare tools in a Windows guest operating system. Select Guest Install/Update VMware Tools. If the installation does not start automatically, select your DVD drive (D: by default) and select Install or run program from your media.
Choose Typical setup type. After installation is complete, installer asks to restart Windows for the changes to take effect.
You can perform silent VMware Tools installation with suppressed reboot. In the Windows guest operating system run the following command with administrative privileges.
Background / Problem. I have two new servers (Dell R720 & Dell R520) that I plan to install ESXi onto. During the VMWare Hypervisor installation, I'm told that no network adapters exist. Upon checking, I realized that the Broadcom NetXtreme I drivers are required additionally. I have obtained the Broadcom driver software bundle from VMWare's web site. I have installed PowerCLI on my desktop in case I will need it.
Question Most ESXi guides describe doing this on a server that's already been set up once, but I am installing ESXi on these boxes for the first time. How do I properly get these network card drivers into the installation process?.
I am under the impression that I may need to configure a custom installation package that includes these drivers (and use PowerCLI to do this) - if so, how do I best go about doing this? Another way that can work:. Download the offline software bundle for the NetXtreme I cards from VMWare. Download the software. Extract ESXi customizer. Run ESXi customizer as an administrator. Select the ISO file.
Select the.VIB file for the drivers. Select an output directory. During the installation, allow ESXi customizer to replace the VIB file. ESXi Customizer creates a bootable ISO. Use the custom ESXi ISO to install. A huge thanks for these tools as they are the only thing that allowed me to get this done quickly.
I'm going to wait to see how the Dell ISO works out and then try this one. I'll mark the answer as correct in that order of which one works. References.