If we need to install a server without a CD/DVD drive, we can install it using a pen drive or an external USB drive, it is a very simple process but it is usually necessary when we find equipment that comes without CD-ROM or DVD-ROM. In this document you can see the very simple process that will work both for Windows 2008 R2 How to Windows 7.
Starting with the new version of VMware ESX 4.1 or VMware ESXi 4.1 it already supports the use of USB devices connected to our hosts and pass the redirection to virtual machines. In this document we will see how to configure it, It is very simple and can be done hot.
Ideal for when we want to install VMware ESX 4 on a server that does not have a CD-ROM drive / DVD ROM, or directly if we want to save that money by putting a CD drive on the server. The intention of the document is to show how the installation can be carried out from a USB drive being an external hard drive or even a USB Pendrive. It is quite useful on certain occasions.
I have wanted to publish this document for a long time, where with a simple software called USB over Network (HTTP://www.usb-over-network.com/usb-over-network.html) We can share USB devices over the Ethernet network, This is, We can have on the physical server (in the VirtualCenter or VCB x example) a server with multiple USB adapters or extending it with PCI devices… plug the USB devices needed by the virtual machines into this hardware and share it over the network; in the VMs a client software is installed that will make them connect to this USB server. Apart from this software there are also other solutions, but personally they are not as fast as they are. If we are looking for a hardware solution I would review AnywhereUSB (HTTP://www.digi.com/products/usb/anywhereusb.jsp).
If we have a Citrix environment, be XenApp (Presentation Server), or XenDesktop, o Access Essentials… any Citrix environment that we use for our dear employees and we also frequently use USB drives this document is of interest to you.
En este documento se verá cómo instalar en un Pendrive USB un host de VMware ESXi, in this case a VMware ESX 3.5i, and be able to boot from any VMware-supported computer, Your free hypervisor. Of course,, Whether virtual machines enter the pen drive is another story, we will need a separate storage to put the VM's with their VMFS format. The point is, first download the ESXi from the VMware website – HERE.
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