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    <title>topic Re: ESXi 5.5 boot disk ISO in ESXi Discussions</title>
    <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/ESXi-5-5-boot-disk-ISO/m-p/1807431#M176781</link>
    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;That's it exactly.&amp;nbsp; Why - as a recovery plan, if the ESXi installation fails, change the boot order using the out-of-band management of the server then reboot and rescan to add the VMs then we should be abel to get back online fast while a tech is trying to get onsite (could take hours).&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2015 13:58:18 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>bwgreen99</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2015-03-25T13:58:18Z</dc:date>
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      <title>ESXi 5.5 boot disk ISO</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/ESXi-5-5-boot-disk-ISO/m-p/1807429#M176779</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hello,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I have ESXi 5.5.0 Update 2 running on a Dell R620 server, and vCenter running on Windows 2K8 64-bit server.&amp;nbsp; What I am looking to do next is to create a bootable ISO image of the ESXi boot disk.&amp;nbsp; I know there are several utilities in Windows that can do this - does anyone know how this can be done to an ESXi Server?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Brian&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2015 12:57:40 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>bwgreen99</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-03-25T12:57:40Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: ESXi 5.5 boot disk ISO</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/ESXi-5-5-boot-disk-ISO/m-p/1807430#M176780</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;you want to do a bootable iso image of the actual esxi installation/configuration?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2015 13:42:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/ESXi-5-5-boot-disk-ISO/m-p/1807430#M176780</guid>
      <dc:creator>brunofernandez1</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-03-25T13:42:39Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: ESXi 5.5 boot disk ISO</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/ESXi-5-5-boot-disk-ISO/m-p/1807431#M176781</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;That's it exactly.&amp;nbsp; Why - as a recovery plan, if the ESXi installation fails, change the boot order using the out-of-band management of the server then reboot and rescan to add the VMs then we should be abel to get back online fast while a tech is trying to get onsite (could take hours).&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2015 13:58:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/ESXi-5-5-boot-disk-ISO/m-p/1807431#M176781</guid>
      <dc:creator>bwgreen99</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-03-25T13:58:18Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: ESXi 5.5 boot disk ISO</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/ESXi-5-5-boot-disk-ISO/m-p/1807432#M176782</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;never tried but have a look on this:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.virten.net/2014/12/clone-esxi-installations-on-sd-cards-or-usb-flash-drives/" title="http://www.virten.net/2014/12/clone-esxi-installations-on-sd-cards-or-usb-flash-drives/"&gt;Clone ESXi Installations on SD Cards or USB Flash Drives | Virten.net&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2015 14:07:34 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/ESXi-5-5-boot-disk-ISO/m-p/1807432#M176782</guid>
      <dc:creator>brunofernandez1</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-03-25T14:07:34Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: ESXi 5.5 boot disk ISO</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/ESXi-5-5-boot-disk-ISO/m-p/1807433#M176783</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;As far as I know it's not possible to run ESXi from a CD. What you could do is install ESXi to a USB thumbdrive, copy over the working (host) configuration and keep that at a safe place.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;See: &lt;A href="http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&amp;amp;cmd=displayKC&amp;amp;externalId=2004784" title="http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&amp;amp;cmd=displayKC&amp;amp;externalId=2004784"&gt;http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&amp;amp;cmd=displayKC&amp;amp;externalId=2004784&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2015 14:11:45 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/ESXi-5-5-boot-disk-ISO/m-p/1807433#M176783</guid>
      <dc:creator>cykVM</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-03-25T14:11:45Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: ESXi 5.5 boot disk ISO</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/ESXi-5-5-boot-disk-ISO/m-p/1807434#M176784</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;What we are hoping to do is run it (typically) from a hard disk, but in the case of OS failure run it from an SD card.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2015 14:19:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/ESXi-5-5-boot-disk-ISO/m-p/1807434#M176784</guid>
      <dc:creator>bwgreen99</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-03-25T14:19:10Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: ESXi 5.5 boot disk ISO</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/ESXi-5-5-boot-disk-ISO/m-p/1807435#M176785</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;so my link could help you &lt;img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://communities.vmware.com/html/@90D223CDF4C4491D7DFF693BB5C76865/emoticons/1f609.png" alt=":winking_face:" title=":winking_face:" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2015 14:24:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/ESXi-5-5-boot-disk-ISO/m-p/1807435#M176785</guid>
      <dc:creator>brunofernandez1</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-03-25T14:24:17Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: ESXi 5.5 boot disk ISO</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/ESXi-5-5-boot-disk-ISO/m-p/1807436#M176786</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Trying things out right now!&amp;nbsp; One question (as I am not a dd wizard) - is there a way to remove blank space so that the img file reflect the size of the OS?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2015 14:53:09 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/ESXi-5-5-boot-disk-ISO/m-p/1807436#M176786</guid>
      <dc:creator>bwgreen99</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-03-25T14:53:09Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: ESXi 5.5 boot disk ISO</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/ESXi-5-5-boot-disk-ISO/m-p/1807437#M176787</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;with conv=sparse it should be possible...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;but don't know if esxi supports this option...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2015 15:12:41 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/ESXi-5-5-boot-disk-ISO/m-p/1807437#M176787</guid>
      <dc:creator>brunofernandez1</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-03-25T15:12:41Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: ESXi 5.5 boot disk ISO</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/ESXi-5-5-boot-disk-ISO/m-p/1807438#M176788</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Unfortunately (for me) it doesn't seem so.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2015 15:21:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/ESXi-5-5-boot-disk-ISO/m-p/1807438#M176788</guid>
      <dc:creator>bwgreen99</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-03-25T15:21:38Z</dc:date>
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