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Installing ESXI 6.5 in VMware Workstation 11


In this topic we are going to learn about installing ESXI 6.5 in VMware Workstation 11.
Note: 32 bit host operating systems are not supported by VMware Workstation 11.
To install ESXI 6.5 in VMware Workstation 11 follow the below steps
Open VMware Workstation 11 and click on Create new virtual machine, it will open the installation wizard as below.
Click on Custom advanced and click next to continue.
In Custom advanced option you can customize the settings such as SCSI controller type, virtual disk type and compatibility with older VMware products.
In choose the Virtual Machine Hardware Compatibility Window you can find out the Hardware Compatibility and compatible with and compatible products and limitations.
Click next to continue.
Select the Installer disc image file (ISO) and click next to continue.
Select the appropriate virtual machine name and file location and click next to continue.

Here you can select the number of processors and cores per processor and click next to continue.

Provide the RAM as per the requirement and click next to continue

Select appropriate network type and click next to continue

Select the recommended SCSI controller type and click on next to continue

Select appropriate disk type and click next to continue.

Click on create new virtual disk and click next to continue

Select disk size as required and select store virtual disk as a single file and click next to continue.

Select the location to save .VMDK file and click next to continue

check the box to power on this virtual machine after creation and click on finish to continue.
Post power on it will start the ESXI installation.
Select the ESXI 6.5 standard Installer and it will take some time to load the required files

Press enter key to continue.

Press F11 Key to accept the terms and conditions and to continue.

Press Enter key to continue.

Select the required keyboard layout and press Enter key to continue.

Enter a root password and press enter key to continue.

To confirm installation press F11 key to proceed further with installation.

It will take few minutes to install the ESXI, wait till it finishes the installation.

Remove the installation media before rebooting and Press Enter key to reboot the ESXI 6.5
This concludes the installation process of ESXI 6.5 in VMware workstation 11.

Happy Learning !





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