Installation You can easily install vSphere Hypervisor on your own or with some guided help. If you’re looking for a do-it-yourself approach, just download the installer, accept the end-user license agreement and select which local drive you want to install it on.

Oct 05, 2017  1. Register for an evaluation of the non free version Download VMware vSphere 2. Download the evaluation and install 3. Activate with your free esxi license key I beleive this should be an alirght approach, as otherwise the license key i m using should not be activeable in trail version I downloaded.

Creating Virtual Machines Once you’ve installed vSphere Hypervisor, there are three ways to create virtual machines. • Use to transfer existing servers into virtual machines or import existing VMware and third-party virtual machine images. • Create virtual machines from scratch by specifying the number of CPUs, the amount of memory, the disks and network interfaces you want, then load the operating system from ISO images or a boot disk. Configuration Once you’ve installed or imported your virtual machines, you’ll need to configure them. This Getting Started demo will walk you through the process. • Need support? You can now for VMware vSphere Hypervisor.

Upgrading to VMware vSphere Moving up to a paid lets you further optimize your IT infrastructure. You'll be able to: • Pool computing and storage resources across multiple physical hosts.

• Have centralized management of multiple hosts through. • Deliver improved service levels and operational efficiency. • Perform live migration of virtual machines. • Take advantage of automatic load balancing, business continuity, and advanced backup and restore capabilities for your virtual machines.

Hi, are there any limitations to ESXi considering it is free? I’m thinking of virtualizing our servers on the hardware level and not on the os level and want to start with a stable virtualization company and product. However I’m worried not knowing the limitations before setting up ESXi. I will be virualizing a server to run 4-5 applications (or even more in the future) for the purpose of consolidation/easy IT management, security and isolation, high-availability and future RnDs for future services without impacting existing applications. Like Comment by Mon — March 15, 2013 @.