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Posted by1 year ago
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ESXi-Customizer-PS download and customize your own esxi iso.
Need to install ESXI on Windows 10 - can do? Hello, I have a new job and need to re familiarize myself with ESXI. Do you know if a way to install it on Windows 10. The IT Service Excellence Tool Kit has best practices to keep your clients happy and business booming. Inside, you’ll find everything you need to increase client satisfaction.
Hey all,
i know most of you are ether running VMware ESXI or Proxmox for your homelabs. i always found it an pain in the ass to log into the vmware websites and download the latest ESXI iso when i need it. i came across an Powershell script that downloads the latest or any ESXI version from the repo directly . the script also allows you to inject / download packs and drivers from the vfront vmware page as well within the script. so this way you can get sata drivers for an desktop or an network card driver that may not be in the esxi iso by default.
you can download it here, https://www.v-front.de/p/esxi-customizer-ps.html
an few tips i have found is that if you do .ESXi-Customizer-PS-v2.5.ps1 and have no flags, then it the script will build the latest iso which would be 6.5 with the patches as well. but if you need an older iso, you can use the -sip flag which is the show image profile option and will output an list of esxi versions that you can download such as 6.3 or even v5 if you needed to.
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Posted by3 years ago
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ESXI-Customizer to inject drivers into ESXI ISO works on Windows 10! (?)
I was pretty surprised I was able to pull this off so thought I'd share:
If you've ever run in to a situation where you're trying to install ESXi on unsupported hardware (a whitebox perhaps). You might run into issues with install. Unsupported NIC adapter, in my case.
A number of years ago there was a tool (no longer supported or updated) that will inject a VIB driver into your ESXI ISO called ESXI Customizer. http://www.v-front.de/p/esxi-customizer.html - it is still downloadable.
If you run this on 8.1, server 2012 r2 it will bitch at you but looks like it still runs. In my case; Windows 10 you'll get a Fatal Error and you shal not pass!
A bit of hacking away at the .CMD of the customizer will bypass the 'check win version' stuffs and let you continue on with your injection. I am personally using a Windows 10 enterprise version - currently up to date with latest patches.
I just successfully injected a D-Link nic VIB driver into the current version (6.0.0 update 2) and spit out a modified ISO I can now boot from. Shockingly it worked like a charm.
I literally just deleted the check_win_ver code.. Someone with more patients might modify it to throw a warning and continue but I am 2 glasses of scotch in and feel like a cowboy. So naturally I just nuked the whole block of code: http://pastebin.com/Jf71Dgt3
Cheers!
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EDIT: Here's where I found the driver I needed for the chance someone else needs the same one (note: I used this driver for a 530t): https://aubreykloppers.wordpress.com/2015/08/12/d-link-528t-on-esxi-55-1-procedure-and-driver/
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