How-to install ESXi 4.0 on USB memory Key

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Written in the past (some time ago…) , I published a how-to called “Howto install ESXi 3.5 update 3 on USB memory key“. The things has changed today a bit. The how-to is about the same but ESXi 4.0 and vSphere is new and it rocks…. We are in the ESX 4 Era… With ESX Server (vSphere) and more than 150 new features packed inside….

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Ok, here is the how-to:

01.) Get this 2 tools to acomplish the task.  IZArc, and also WinImage. (trial)
02.) Head to VMware Website and download the ESXi 4.0 vSphere – register for the free for the download. Here is the link.
03.)Save the file to the C drive for example.

 

04.) Open the ISO file with IZArc and extract the whole content to c:\Vmware-VMvisor-Installer-4.0.0-164009.x86_64 folder .

05.) Browse to “\image.tgz.temptar\usr\lib\vmware\installer\VMware-VMvisor-big-164009-x86_64.dd.bz2\”

Extract the “VMware-VMvisor-big-164009-x86_64.dd” file. You’ll have to extract the “image.tgz.temptar” file first…

 

06.) From just open Winimage, and goto file menu:  Disk > “Restore Virtual Harddisk Image on physical drive”

07.) Select your USB drive

08.) Select The file “VMware-VMvisor-big-164009-x86_64.dd” that you extracted earlier.

09.) Click Yes to write the image to the USB Memory Stick. (ooups… I’m running on French Windows here…… -:) ? It’s because I have 3 different language versions on my Desktop at home… Where I use VMware Workstation as a Virtual Lab. I hope that you don’t mind, the tuto is quite easy to follow…) . If you got any trouble, just comment below and I’ll try to help.. -:)

10.) And the result of your effort should look like this.

 

 

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