VMware Cloud Community
fuzzyware
Contributor
Contributor
‎04-02-2014 09:34 AM
Jump to solution

New VMWare Administrator

I'm converting a IT shop to VM.

We bought vCenter Server 5 standard and vsphere Operations Management 5.5Enterprise PLus

I went to download ESXI 5.5 and notice several format for the same file.

Which file format should I download ?

0 Kudos
1 Solution

Accepted Solutions
crawfordm
Expert
Expert
‎04-02-2014 09:39 AM
Jump to solution

I would download the .iso format.  Then you can burn it to a cd if you want or you can just mount it and extract the files if you need to.

------------------------------------------------------------------ If you found this answer useful please consider the use of the Helpful or Correct buttons to award points. Thanks, Marc Crawford CCNA, MCSE, MCTS, A+, Net+, Sec +, VCA-WM, VCA-DCV, VCA-Cloud, VCA-NV, VCP-NV, VCP-DCV, VCP, VCAP5-DCA http://gplus.to/marccrawford http://blog.marccrawford.com @uber_tech_geek

View solution in original post

0 Kudos
3 Replies
crawfordm
Expert
Expert
‎04-02-2014 09:39 AM
Jump to solution

I would download the .iso format.  Then you can burn it to a cd if you want or you can just mount it and extract the files if you need to.

------------------------------------------------------------------ If you found this answer useful please consider the use of the Helpful or Correct buttons to award points. Thanks, Marc Crawford CCNA, MCSE, MCTS, A+, Net+, Sec +, VCA-WM, VCA-DCV, VCA-Cloud, VCA-NV, VCP-NV, VCP-DCV, VCP, VCAP5-DCA http://gplus.to/marccrawford http://blog.marccrawford.com @uber_tech_geek
0 Kudos
fuzzyware
Contributor
Contributor
‎04-02-2014 09:45 AM
Jump to solution

Sounds good, what about the Open Vertical Format (OVF) and Open Virtual Appliance (OVP) ? Ever use them before? 

0 Kudos
etorre46
Contributor
Contributor
‎04-03-2014 02:36 PM
Jump to solution

FYI - HP and IBM have images you can download from them that include additional drivers for their hardware.  Its usually recommended to do that.  Dell may also have the same.  I tried installing a VMware ISO of ESXi 5.5 on an IBM x3850X5 and it puked halfway through the install, but the IBM image worked just fine.  I have gotten away with the VMware download for HP and Dell servers though.

No, i'm not asking for hardware requirements... give me workload requirements.
0 Kudos