You don't need to know Linux at all to configure and use it, as I demonstrate on video here. See also configuration maximums. The vCenter Server download that I'm ignoring in this post is more for folks that wish to install vCenter manually on top of a Windows Server, now a bit old school, since the VCSA (VMware vCenter Server Appliance) has come so far in scale and capabilities, and speed of deployment.
These release notes cover 3 products, with the 2 you''ll need to get started on a typical home lab bolded. This article gives you the exact URLs, to help you be absolutely sure you got all the right bits and pieces, before you get started with installing anything. To get started with your own vSphere 5.5 home lab, you'll find that there's just 3 files you'll need to download. Until such an article refresh (based on Update 1) is available, these 3 new download links work great, detailed at TinkerTry right here:ĭownload ESXi 5.5 Update 1 and the other vSphere pieces to get your home lab started Mar 12 2014. It has come to my attention that this article needs a refresh, since the download procedures have changed. The ESXi MAC learning network filter fling - and h.Posted by Paul Braren on (updated on Oct 1 2013) in.VMware releases vSphere 5.5 Update 2 - What's new.# Update using the ESXi 5.5 U2 Imageprofile from the VMware Online depotĮsxcli software profile update -d -p ESXi-5.5.0-20140902001-standard # open firewall for outgoing http requests:Įsxcli network firewall ruleset set -e true -r httpClient using putty) and run the following commands: For your convenience here are the commands for easy copy/paste:Įnable SSH access on your host, log in to it (e.g. If you want to update your standalone ESXi host to 5.5 Update 2 then you can use the procedure that I already explained for earlier updates. How to update your free and/or standalone ESXi host Please note: You only need to update the vSphere Client to the Update 2 version, but not necessarily the host! So you can immediately and safely start taking benefit from this improvement: Here is a direct download link for the vSphere 5.5 Update 2 client. VMware has finally listened to their complaints and reinstated the capability to edit Virtual Hardware Version 10 VMs with the legacy vSphere Client with Update 2! You will still get a warning though that you will only be able to edit version 8 features (see hardcopy at the top of this post). This made all users that do not have vCenter available (or do not like the new Web Client) very unhappy. When vSphere 5.5 was released the legacy vSphere Client was declared deprecated and you were no longer able to use it to edit the settings of a VM that was upgraded to hardware version 10. Edit Virtual Hardware 10 VMs with the Update 2 legacy vSphere Client!
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