Re: [Qemu-discuss] ESXi prebuilt image

[Jan Schermer]

I simply navigated there with my VMware account (no entitlements or something 
like that), not sure if you need to sign up for some kind of trial (I did 
because I was also downloading vCenter), but ESXi is free so it should let you 
download…

https://my.vmware.com/en/web/vmware/evalcenter?p=free-esxi6 
<https://my.vmware.com/en/web/vmware/evalcenter?p=free-esxi6>


Jan

> On 7 Aug 2017, at 13:09, Kevin Wilson <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Thanks for your reply, Jan.
> 
> Where do I get this
> "VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.5.0.update01-5969303.x86_64.iso" file ?
> I googled for it, and it gave me links to sites under:
> https://my.vmware.com
> 
> I had logged in to that site, and when I try to download that iso it gives me:
> 
> "You either are not entitled or do not have permissions to download
> this product.
> Check with your My VMware Super User, Procurement Contact or Administrator.
> 
> If you recently purchased this product through VMware Store or through
> a third-party, try downloading later."
> 
> Any ideas where it is hosted so me (and others) can download it ?
> 
> Regards,
> Kevin
> 
> 
> On Sun, Aug 6, 2017 at 4:51 PM, Jan Schermer <address@hidden> wrote:
>> You can’t redistribute that image legally, which is probably why you didn’t 
>> find any.
>> 
>> Solution:
>> 
>> virt-install --connect=qemu:///system -n esxi --cpu=host --vcpus=2 \
>> --ram 4096 --os-type=linux \
>> --cdrom=/tank/images/VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.5.0.update01-5969303.x86_64.iso
>>  \
>> --disk \
>> path=/dev/zvol/tank/volumes/esxi,bus=ide \
>> --hvm --network bridge=br-vm,model=e1000 --virt-type=kvm --arch=x86_64 \
>> --graphics spice --accelerate --video qxl --channel spicevmc
>> 
>> Jan
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 6 Aug 2017, at 15:33, Kevin Wilson <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi, qemu community,
>>> Is there anywhere a prebuilt ESXi image for quemu ?
>>> 
>>> I am newbie to qemu, and in the google search I did, I got many
>>> recommendations about
>>> how to create such an image. I would prefer to use a prebuilt image
>>> which is known to work under
>>> Ubnutu.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Kevin
>>> 
>>