Automaitcally install ISO/OVA and Configure Network

[gaurang033]

HI Guys,

I have a requirement for my Testing Environment where I need to Automate installation procedure for ISO/OVA on ESX.  following are the tasks i want to automate.

1. Install ISO/OVA Automatically
2. Configure Network
3. Copy the script from other machine and run it.

I came to know that there are two technologies which can help me automate mentioned task as mention below, Would someone let me know which one would be better for my requirement.

• PXE Boot
• VWvare APIs ( I will be using Per SDK)

[Sreejesh_D]

PowrCLI command is also a good option to automate OVA deployment. Here is a sample script for deploying OVF template and configuring its network.

http://velemental.com/2013/06/24/a-powercli-vsphere-ovfova-import-with-advanced-options/

[Ethan44]

Hi

Welcome to the communities.

http://www.routereflector.com/2014/01/unattended-vmware-esxi-installation-via-pxe-boot-and-kickstart...

please find above .

[gaurang033]

Hi Ethan,

Thank for the post, for whole day i have gone though the PXE Boot and understand how to create the server and install ISO on vmware. I also go though kickstart file and understand how to configure and required packages without any manual intervention.

The only part I am not able to understand how to automate is below one.

I still need to create VMware Image using my VSphere Client and then need to start it to boot from PXE Server, is there any way to automate this task as well ??