Overview This guide will show you how to install a Ubuntu workstation on ESXi, and connect to it via RDP. Initial Setup Download ISO http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop Build VM w/16GB & 100GB drives, 2 vCPUs and 4GBs of RAM Attach ISO, boot, install Ubuntu (installation guide) VMware tools installation Initiate the VMware tools installation through vsphere client Extract the…
HowTo: License a single VMware ESXi host
Overview ESXi registration is free, although the steps to getting a license key are not necessarily straight-forward. You will need to register a free account with VMware in order to get a license key. Get a license key 1. Log on to VMware.com and register and account. The current link is:https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/registration2. Log in using your…
HowTo: Install VMWare ESXi 4.1 on ASUS P5Q-E
Overview VMWare’s ESXi is a bare metal hypervisor that can host your virtual machines. ESXi is meant to be installed on server hardware, but it will run on most PC hardware. The issue you will run into when installing on PC hardware is driver support. The ESXi installation will fail without a proper LAN driver,…