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Greetings, today we will be configuring an ESXi 8 host after we installed it. Configuring host from the DCUI This will be done as a nested hypervisor instance but the steps are identical. This will be your starting screen, as you can see, there is no IP or name. Hit F2 to Customize the system […]
Greetings, today we will be installing ESXi 8 to a virtual machine. The steps are the same for the actual installation to hardware. So I have made a Virtual Machine with 8 vCPU’s, 48GB RAM, and a 40GB Hard Drive I have also attached the ESXi 8.03 ISO to the VM for this install. There […]
December 1, 2025 | ESXi, ESXi 7, ESXi 7 CLI Update, Homelab, VMware | No Comments
Greetings, today we will be updating ESXi 7 to a newer version of 7 using command line and no vCenter. In this case 7.0.3d to 7.0.3w. Note: All VMs running on the host should be powered off, or vmotioned to another host if there is a vCenter available. To start we will need to have […]