Hey Mate, Was preparing for my interviews saw your Vcenter upgrade, Host upgrade later came to your playlist and now in this ESXI configuration upgrade. your videos are soo cool, most of vmware tutorials in TH-cam will be in complicated manner you make people understand in clear way keep up the good works I wish for more subscribers coming to your channel 🙇♂
Hey there Kennedy, thanks for the kind words, much appreciated :) Best of luck in your interviews, make sure to let us know when you secure a position!
In a case of a server with multiple hard drives can the hard drive where hypervisor type 1 esxi is installed, be used to create a datastore? Or in that case you should use other unused hard drives? Also can you use more than one hdd in order to create a bigger datastore? If i have multiple hard drives on the server, the raid shoulv be configured before installing the esxi or after?
Ok, you would create the raid volume before installing esxi, then you can place some vm's on the datastore. Is this a single server setup i.e. do you intend to use a cluster or multiple esxi hosts ?
@@sysadmintutorials it’s a unique physical server, one esxi host, 5-6 virtual machines on it. So can i install the esxi hypervisor and then the virtual machines (in general windows server 2016 machines) on the same datastore (raid volume) where is installed the esxi or do i need a separate raid volume (datastore) for the esxi and a separate one for the virtual machines (dedicated datastore)?
You can do either. Install esxi and use 1 big datastore for both esxi and vm's or you can create 2 volumes within your raid config so the first is used for esxi and 2nd is used for vm's. Is this a production server or a lab ?
Hi. I'm new in VMWare that is why want to clear some pints for me. 1)Where did you install VMWare center? I watched another youtube channal there mentr installed first EXSi6 then on it he installed Vcenter. 2)why do u install ESXI 7.0 on Vcenter? 3) is it true if wehave more than one Host then we need Vcenter?
2 issues: how can i generate my kickstart file? I struggled with the installation of vSphre server. It wont just install. I made the iso file bootable and active the EFI option on boot strap. I resulted to using VMWare for the ESXi server. What am I doing worng?
Hi Makhdoom, you can use quite a few different options. Have a look at this VMware link as it lists all the options available to you docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.esxi.upgrade.doc/GUID-9040F0B2-31B5-406C-9000-B02E8DA785D4.html#GUID-9040F0B2-31B5-406C-9000-B02E8DA785D4
Hi Varad, ESXi is the hypervizor, i.e. where you virtual machines sit. vSphere is the bigger picture, and is really the ecosystem of esxi, vcenter and multiple other vmware products. Yes you are correct, you can obtain a free license for ESXi.
Hey, I just started learning ESXi and was hoping to create a lab. The only thing is I only have a temp computer and will need to install ESXi on my personal computer. Is there anyway I can access guest operating systems from the physical machine? Basically I would have win10 and server 2016 vm's and switch between them.
Hi Scott, if you only have your personal computer to experiment with labs, I would install VMware workstation and install your whole lab environment within there. I created a video on this, check it out and see if it's something you can use - th-cam.com/video/B2SLundu-SE/w-d-xo.html
Hi Rick, thanks for the feedback :) yes already in the making, I have 1 more short esxi 7 video to complement this one and then i'll move onto vcenter.
Hi Inusah, this is something I was looking into for next year. Either offering the course through TH-cam membership or via an online course platform. Best thing to do would be to subscribe and when I decide which platform to use I'll post it in the community tab of this channel.
Hi James, I'm currently using Dell R620 hosts, they are due for an upgrade especially with vSphere 8 such as this latest tutorial - th-cam.com/video/Dxpf1YDiYbU/w-d-xo.html
Hi Timothy, because the vlan is already tagged in the underlying vsphere environment. Remember this is a nested install, meaning installing vSphere within vSphere
I'm currently running ESXi-6.7U3-15160138-A04 (Dell customized image) on a now EoL Dell PowerEdge R710 rack server. Would there be any point to, or even possible, to install 7.0 for me. Any benefit to gain from it?
Hi Thomas, definately gains to be had by upgrading to 7.0 However first you'll need to check if your CPU's are supported. Head on over to VMware compatibility matrix and see if your CPU's are listed: www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?deviceCategory=cpu
@@sysadmintutorials I'm guessing with my R710 being EOL I bet no luck there. I just did a reinstall with the DELL 6.7 image however which went fine (with the warning that the CPUs would soon be non supported). I'm looking into trading up to a R720 now that the prices of those are dropping to OK levels, that should buy me a year or two more.
@@sysadmintutorials Looks like my 2 E5649 was last supported in 6.5 U3 (but running them fine in the latest 6.7 now). Not sure I'm doing the search correctly though.
You could always try to upgrade it to 7.0, it will either not allow you or display the same cpu warning message. I haven't tried with your CPU's. But unfortunately if it doesn't work you'll need to get some new cpu's. Check to see what the max CPU your Dell servers can support, might be cheaper to just buy 2 cpu's instead of new servers
Great videos! Wondered if someone can help me, even though I followed the DC server setup, created records for the ESXi too, the ping with -a resolves the IP to the name only when I do it from the DC. When I ping from the host laptop, it only pings the ESXi by the IP address. And the DC server pings as it should from the host laptop, by IP and name.
@@sysadmintutorials thank you soo much for this reply! I tried that also ( via the adapter options for the wifi and ethernet ) didn't work. But in the meantime I tried editing the hosts file on my laptop and adding the IP and name( did the same for the vCenter) and it worked!
Hi Aleksandra, you shouldn't have to use host records. If you set your workstation TCP/IP settings - Primary DNS to the ip of your windows server, then you should be able to ping the esxi dns name you setup within Windows DNS. i.e. esxihost1.domain.local
Hi Anderson, that's weird, if you can login to the yellow screen as root it should be working on the webui and ssh. Have you tried changing the root password on the yellow screen ?
@@sysadmintutorials in the yellow screen the root works, already in SHELL or ssh or browser or try to include this esxi in the Vcenter it says the error is wrong ... I tried to change the password for the yellow screen and usually changes the other services says the password is wrong. like this error here in version 6. communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Cannot-complete-login-due-to-an-incorrect-user-name-or-password/m-p/1422802
Hello, your video is nice and helpful. I can't download VMware ESXi 7.0 from the VMware website they tell me to log in to download but I'm already login. Could you please give me a downloadable link for VMware ESXi 7.0 Thank you
@@sysadmintutorials Can you export a CFG file from an already configured ESX server (not create it from scratch)? Then use that to install additional ESX servers with the same configuration?
Hey Mate, Was preparing for my interviews saw your Vcenter upgrade, Host upgrade later came to your playlist and now in this ESXI configuration upgrade. your videos are soo cool, most of vmware tutorials in TH-cam will be in complicated manner you make people understand in clear way
keep up the good works I wish for more subscribers coming to your channel 🙇♂
Hey there Kennedy, thanks for the kind words, much appreciated :) Best of luck in your interviews, make sure to let us know when you secure a position!
@@sysadmintutorials Sure Sir, Thank you 💆♂️
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In a case of a server with multiple hard drives can the hard drive where hypervisor type 1 esxi is installed, be used to create a datastore? Or in that case you should use other unused hard drives?
Also can you use more than one hdd in order to create a bigger datastore?
If i have multiple hard drives on the server, the raid shoulv be configured before installing the esxi or after?
Hi Almedogjurgji1446, what server are you using because there may be a few options available to you with multiple disks, raid types etc ?
@@sysadmintutorials hp proliant DL380 Gen10
Ok, you would create the raid volume before installing esxi, then you can place some vm's on the datastore. Is this a single server setup i.e. do you intend to use a cluster or multiple esxi hosts ?
@@sysadmintutorials it’s a unique physical server, one esxi host, 5-6 virtual machines on it. So can i install the esxi hypervisor and then the virtual machines (in general windows server 2016 machines) on the same datastore (raid volume) where is installed the esxi or do i need a separate raid volume (datastore) for the esxi and a separate one for the virtual machines (dedicated datastore)?
You can do either. Install esxi and use 1 big datastore for both esxi and vm's or you can create 2 volumes within your raid config so the first is used for esxi and 2nd is used for vm's. Is this a production server or a lab ?
Thanks for sharing
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Thank you so much this was extremely helpful.
Hi Josh, thanks for the feedback, you're most welcome
Excellent video .. Thank you
Hi Fouad, thanks for the feedback you are most welcome
hello i want to connect my phyical cisco switches and routers to the vmware 7 setup, is this possible?
Hi Bulent, yes you can do this. The esxi hosts will need to be connected to your cisco switches
Where is "vSphere 7 - How To Install and Configure VMware ESXi 7 - Part 2" video? I can't find it.
Hi Gleb, part 2 was contained in the same video. This is where I spoke about installing with the kick start file.
How do you handle kicking off multiple esxi installs with only a single IP defined in the kick start file?
Hi Robert, you'd need to change the IP. So in effect you would have a kick start file per esxi deployment.
Thank you ! Same with Ansible ? :D
PXE boot would be great for this, so new systems auto install. once installed, PXE is 2nd or later boot option
Hi. I'm new in VMWare that is why want to clear some pints for me. 1)Where did you install VMWare center? I watched another youtube channal there mentr installed first EXSi6 then on it he installed Vcenter. 2)why do u install ESXI 7.0 on Vcenter? 3) is it true if wehave more than one Host then we need Vcenter?
Hi Elchin, I installed esxi inside another vsphere environment. It's called a nested setup.
2 issues: how can i generate my kickstart file?
I struggled with the installation of vSphre server. It wont just install. I made the iso file bootable and active the EFI option on boot strap. I resulted to using VMWare for the ESXi server. What am I doing worng?
Hi Lanre, download my kickstart file and change it to suite your settings.
What other options I have if I don't want to use HTTP File Server from HFS to install ESXi/VCSA 7?
Hi Makhdoom, you can use quite a few different options. Have a look at this VMware link as it lists all the options available to you
docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.esxi.upgrade.doc/GUID-9040F0B2-31B5-406C-9000-B02E8DA785D4.html#GUID-9040F0B2-31B5-406C-9000-B02E8DA785D4
Great Video! I wonder if it is possible to have video for setting up vSan 2 nodes cluster?
Hi Brian, thank you, I can add that onto my list of videos :)
Thank you for the tutorials
Hi Luka, you're welcome and thanks for being a subscriber :)
I am new to VMWare world. What is ESXi & VSphere are both same & used interchangably? I heard esxi is free to use.
Hi Varad, ESXi is the hypervizor, i.e. where you virtual machines sit. vSphere is the bigger picture, and is really the ecosystem of esxi, vcenter and multiple other vmware products. Yes you are correct, you can obtain a free license for ESXi.
Hey, I just started learning ESXi and was hoping to create a lab. The only thing is I only have a temp computer and will need to install ESXi on my personal computer. Is there anyway I can access guest operating systems from the physical machine? Basically I would have win10 and server 2016 vm's and switch between them.
Hi Scott, if you only have your personal computer to experiment with labs, I would install VMware workstation and install your whole lab environment within there. I created a video on this, check it out and see if it's something you can use - th-cam.com/video/B2SLundu-SE/w-d-xo.html
Awesome! I love your videos.. could you do a vCenter server howto?
Hi Rick, thanks for the feedback :) yes already in the making, I have 1 more short esxi 7 video to complement this one and then i'll move onto vcenter.
just want to know if u do offer online courses cos if u do i would very much love to register
Hi Inusah, this is something I was looking into for next year. Either offering the course through TH-cam membership or via an online course platform. Best thing to do would be to subscribe and when I decide which platform to use I'll post it in the community tab of this channel.
Thank you for the Video.
Hi Gbenga, you're welcome :)
what model are using to host vmware?
Hi James, I'm currently using Dell R620 hosts, they are due for an upgrade especially with vSphere 8 such as this latest tutorial - th-cam.com/video/Dxpf1YDiYbU/w-d-xo.html
@@sysadmintutorials thanks for the info!
is it possible to install vcenter in nested esxi if possible what is prerequisties.
Yes 100% Yogesh, you can follow through on this video and watch how I install a nested vCenter 7 appliance - th-cam.com/video/REGU3dbaFXc/w-d-xo.html
Can you show the details of your vmlabcluster setup and configurations ?
Hi Vitus, yeah I sure can I've got some video I took in the server room, will edit it and put it up on the channel
Why would you leave the vlan blank? In what case would you need to put a vlan in there?
Hi Timothy, because the vlan is already tagged in the underlying vsphere environment. Remember this is a nested install, meaning installing vSphere within vSphere
Thank you, have I seeb it right, that I can install ESXi 7 into a VM? Yes? Also in a VM on ESXi 6.5 oder 6.7?
Hi RT 76, you're welcome, yes that is correct. I'm running my lab as a nested ESXi 7 install. My base vSphere environment is 6.7
Ty!
Hi AnonymousYT, you're welcome
Thank you for your video. Could you please add on how to install, config VMWare with SAN example SAN DELL EMC :) :)
Hi Tri, you're welcome. What protocol will you be using iscsi or fc/fcoe ?
Sir i am facing a problem where in storage is showing free 0B NaN%.
Pls tell me the solution
Hi Vikrant, where are you seeing that exactly, can you point me to which part of the interface ?
I'm currently running ESXi-6.7U3-15160138-A04 (Dell customized image) on a now EoL Dell PowerEdge R710 rack server. Would there be any point to, or even possible, to install 7.0 for me. Any benefit to gain from it?
Hi Thomas, definately gains to be had by upgrading to 7.0 However first you'll need to check if your CPU's are supported. Head on over to VMware compatibility matrix and see if your CPU's are listed: www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?deviceCategory=cpu
@@sysadmintutorials I'm guessing with my R710 being EOL I bet no luck there. I just did a reinstall with the DELL 6.7 image however which went fine (with the warning that the CPUs would soon be non supported).
I'm looking into trading up to a R720 now that the prices of those are dropping to OK levels, that should buy me a year or two more.
@@sysadmintutorials Looks like my 2 E5649 was last supported in 6.5 U3 (but running them fine in the latest 6.7 now).
Not sure I'm doing the search correctly though.
You could always try to upgrade it to 7.0, it will either not allow you or display the same cpu warning message. I haven't tried with your CPU's. But unfortunately if it doesn't work you'll need to get some new cpu's. Check to see what the max CPU your Dell servers can support, might be cheaper to just buy 2 cpu's instead of new servers
@@sysadmintutorials Unfortunately what I have is the latest it can use (Westmere Xenons)
Did you ever publish the part 2?
Hi Aram, it will be up in a few days. Just finishing up the edit.
Hi Aram, part 2 video is now up on the channel
Great videos! Wondered if someone can help me, even though I followed the DC server setup, created records for the ESXi too, the ping with -a resolves the IP to the name only when I do it from the DC. When I ping from the host laptop, it only pings the ESXi by the IP address. And the DC server pings as it should from the host laptop, by IP and name.
Hi Aleksandra, make sure your laptop is pointing to your DC/DNS server as it's primary DNS.
@@sysadmintutorials thank you soo much for this reply! I tried that also ( via the adapter options for the wifi and ethernet ) didn't work. But in the meantime I tried editing the hosts file on my laptop and adding the IP and name( did the same for the vCenter) and it worked!
Hi Aleksandra, you shouldn't have to use host records. If you set your workstation TCP/IP settings - Primary DNS to the ip of your windows server, then you should be able to ping the esxi dns name you setup within Windows DNS. i.e. esxihost1.domain.local
I am installing and do not access through the browser or SSH root says that the password is wrong only on the yellow screen root works
Hi Anderson, that's weird, if you can login to the yellow screen as root it should be working on the webui and ssh. Have you tried changing the root password on the yellow screen ?
@@sysadmintutorials in the yellow screen the root works, already in SHELL or ssh or browser or try to include this esxi in the Vcenter it says the error is wrong ... I tried to change the password for the yellow screen and usually changes the other services says the password is wrong. like this error here in version 6. communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Cannot-complete-login-due-to-an-incorrect-user-name-or-password/m-p/1422802
Hello, your video is nice and helpful. I can't download VMware ESXi 7.0 from the VMware website they tell me to log in to download but I'm already login. Could you please give me a downloadable link for VMware ESXi 7.0 Thank you
Hi Daniel, thank you. you should be able to download ESXi free from here - my.vmware.com/en/web/vmware/evalcenter?p=free-esxi7
Please i did not see well how ks.cfg file is created
Hi Kouame, you can create it in notepad++
@@sysadmintutorials Thanks
@@sysadmintutorials Can you export a CFG file from an already configured ESX server (not create it from scratch)? Then use that to install additional ESX servers with the same configuration?
Hi Philip I don't think so
@@sysadmintutorials No worries, I was able to build my own with the help of your script. Thank you for sharing!