redhat vm with esxi 5.5 u2

[goodface]

i have vcenter 5.5 u2 and esxi 5.5 u2 . when i create redhat 7 vm i cant see on vsphere client but with vsphere web client it is possible to create . Also i checked the compatibility guide . redhat 7 not support for esxi 5.5 u2 . but with vsphere web client . it is possible . what is true ? if i install redhat 7 with web client . The virtual machine is running correctly ?

[rcporto · Accepted solution]

Not sure where did you see that Red Hat 7 is not supported by vSphere 5.5 Update 2, but according the following blog, the support for RHEL 7 was introduced on vSphere 5.5 Update 1: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 - VMware Blogs

And the following link shows the same info from the compatibility guide: VMware Compatibility Guide - Guest/Host Search

The fact about you can't see the RHEL 7 on the vSphere Client may is due that fact that VMware only add new features on the vSphere Web Client since long time ago, so I will recommend you create the virtual machine using the vSphere Web Client and use the vSphere Client just for legacy features.

[UmeshAhuja]

Hi,

Yes the Guest OS Install Guide indicates that RHEL 7 guests are supported by ESXi 5.5 update 1 but the strange part is RHEL 7 is not listed as a guest OS when building a new VM via vSphere Client. But if you go via web client you are able to see the same.

I built a RHEL 7 VM by selecting the 64-bit RHEL 6 guest OS from vSphere Client in my lab and have not had any problems?    You can try the same.