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2 Replies Last post: Apr 27, 2008 2:48 AM by brugh  

Fast and easy ESX installer! posted: Apr 26, 2008 11:43 AM

Click to view brugh's profile Expert 485 posts since
Aug 17, 2005
There's an appliance in the vmware directory that makes installing a set of ESX servers a breeze. It has a script-builder that generates a complete %post scripts in minutes. Also, when importing PXE files, it strips the HBA drivers to protect LUN's from being formatted while installing.

check it out:http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/1216

Re: Fast and easy ESX installer!

1. Apr 26, 2008 2:14 PM in response to: brugh
Click to view azn2kew's profile Champion 2,941 posts since
Jun 21, 2006
I'll test this appliance but not sure if its commercial license or free. It looks like V-Ployment from Xtravirt but it causes a lot of money for massive ESX deployments and basically it has csv file with all ESX hosts settings and than utilize that settings and deploy to all remote PXE ESX hosts as fast as possible depends on bandwidth. But it does the same thing as UDA though. Curious how good is it so I'm testing it now.

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