hello i am trying to build a kickstart file that will accomplish the following:
install ESXi
set root password
set static ip address fro mgmt
build VM from template (do i convert template to OVA file here?)
anything else i missed?
is this easy to do?
thanks
Completely Automated ESXi Deployment - Michael Lustfield
That is a somewhat complicated setup. If you don't need to include the template on the installation media and can download it to the host this will be simpler:
https://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2012/05/how-to-deploy-ovfova-in-esxi-shell.html
In both of these examples they use ovftool to deploy an OVA.
Did you ever succeed in getting the kickstart file to deploy an ovf via the ovftool?