Create USB Hypervisor

[Ahmad_S_Amer]

Hello;

We have an old IBM x3650 M2 with a built-in usb port for booting as a built-in hypervisor (esxi).

The question is; how to create the bootable USB ?

[pragg12]

Hi,

Welcome to VMTN. 🙂

Refer to below articles:

Create a Bootable ESXi Installer USB Flash Drive

How to create a bootable VMware ESXi USB drive in Windows

[Ahmad_S_Amer]

Hello;

Thanks for your reply.

However, the required isn't installation USB

It is how to create a bootable USB with esxi, this will be then installed inside the server to be used as a built-in Hypervisor not for installing esxi

[pragg12 · Accepted solution]

The first link mentions about same if you scroll to bottom.

When you boot a server with this USB Flash Drive the ESXi Installer will copy the whole installer to the memory which means that you can install ESXi to the device where you are installing from. Just select it during the installation. This also works for diskless ESXi hosts where you want to install ESXi to an SD Card.

Create a Bootable ESXi Installer USB Flash Drive

[Ahmad_S_Amer]

Great ; Thanks