* Note: Password must be at least 7 characters long and a combination of normal and capital letters, symbols and numbers.Ĩ. Now type twice a desired password* and press Enter. Select your preferred keyboard layout or leave the default (US) and press Enter.ħ. Press F11 to accept the license agreement.ĥ.

The VMware ESXI installer should start…Ĥ. Press Enter at the first screen to start the installation.Ģ. Install ESXi Server on the VMware Player VM Machine.ġ. At the last screen click Finish and continue to step-2 to install ESXi. At Disk Capacity options, specify 40GB as disk size, select ' Store virtual disk as a single file' and press Next.ĥ. At the next screen, type (if you want) a different name for the VMware machine and click Next.Ĥ. Select Installer disc image file and then click Browse and select the 'VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi ISO)' image you downloaded. Launch VMware Workstation and click Create a New Virtual Machine.Ģ. Create a New Virtual Machine to install VMware ESXI.ġ. How to Install VMware ESXi 6.x on VMware Workstation Player Host. To install ESXi VSphere on a VMware Workstation Player, you have to download and install the latest release of VMware Workstation Player for Windows hosts. Note and record the VMware vSphere Hypervisor 6 License key, because you 'll need it at the end of the trial period, to convert the Evaluation License (60-days) to Free (Never expires).

Download the VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi ISO) image (Includes VMware Tools) image.ģ. Navigate to this link and Create a VMware account (If you haven't already have one).Ģ. Software Requirements to install ESXi VSphere Hypervisor 6.7 on VMware Workstation.ġ. To install ESXi on VMware Workstation you need to allocate at least 4GB (4096MB) of RAM.

RAM:ESXi requires a minimum of 2GB of physical RAM. if you running Windows 10, and you receive that 'VT-x is not available' error in VirtualBox, and the VT setting is enabled in BIOS, then navigate in Control Panel > Programs and features > Turn Windows Features on or off > and disable the Hyper-V feature. To enable the virtualization support, navigate to your BIOS settings and Enable the Intel-VD (Intel VT-x) or the AMD VT technology/feature.Ģ. To check if your system supports virtualization use the CPUID CPU-Z utility.ġ. Hardware Requirements to install ESXi VSphere Hypervisor on VMWare Workstation:ĬPU:The host machine must have at least two CPU cores and the CPU must support hardware virtualization features (Intel VT-x or AMD RVI).

Related Article: How to Install vSphere ESXi 6.7 on a Bare Metal Server.

The purpose of installing ESXi on a VMware Workstation, is for testing and experiment with the vSphere ESXi Server features. This tutorial contains step-by-step instructions to install VMware ESXi vSphere Hypervisor 6.7 on a VMWARE Workstation Player.

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