- MAC OS ON VMWARE ESXI MAC OS X
- MAC OS ON VMWARE ESXI INSTALL
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MAC OS ON VMWARE ESXI MAC OS X
This will allow the passing of the underlying SMC up into the Nested ESXi VM which will then allow Mac OS X guest VMs to properly function. The solution that Darius found was to add the following two Advanced VM Settings (VMX) entries to the ESXi VM: In the scenario above, the Nested ESXi VM is not automatically passing through the SMC from the physical Mac OS X system and hence the Mac OS X VM at the very top of the stack will not properly function. The way in which ESXi detects that the underlying hardware is Apple is by checking whether Apple's SMC (System Management Controller) is available. The reason for this is not a technical challenges, but rather a legal one per Apple's EULA. The issue with just simply doing this is that for a Mac OS X guest to properly run on ESXi, the underlying hardware must be Apple Hardware.
Here is a quick diagram of the user setup: Not having a physical ESXi host to test with, the next best thing was to run a ESXi VM under VMware Fusion and then run the Mavericks guest on top of that. The user was running VMware Fusion on his physical Mac OS X system and wanted to be able to test OS X Mavericks under ESXi. We showed how easy it was to create a VMware vSphere ESXi virtual machine and have the OS installed in very little time.You might be asking, why would anyone want to do this? Well, luckily this is not a "because you can" type of answer but was it was an interesting solution that one of our VMware Engineers ( Darius) had shared with me after helping out on this VMTN Community forum thread.
MAC OS ON VMWARE ESXI SOFTWARE
VMware Fusion * is a powerful piece of software that lets you do more with your Mac by giving you the ability to run multiple kinds of operating systems like Windows, Linux and even ESXi as demonstrated in this guide. We can test the connection from the host to the ESXi virtual machine works by typing the address in a web browser. Press ESC again to exit settings and you should now see the IP address we can use to manage the host. You’ll then be asked to confirm the changes by pressing Y. Press ESC to exit the network configuration screen. Type in the gateway IP in the Primary DNS Server box and the name of the host in the hostname box and then press Enter.
Select Use the following DNS server addresses and hostname by pressing Space. Select the DNS Configuration and then press Enter. That’s because I’ve changed it and disabled DHCP by editing the /Library/Preferences/VMware Fusion/networking config file and restarting VMware Fusion. You may notice my network address is different to yours. If you’re using DHCP, you can find out what part of the range you can use for static IP addresses in this tutorial. For example, mine is 10.1.1.1 so the gateway is 10.1.1.2. Tip: You can find out the gateway by running ifconfig at the terminal and by adding 1 to the inet address of the vmnet8 interface. Type in the IP address, subnet mask and default gateway then press Enter. Select IPv4 Configuration and then press Enter.Ĭhange the IP type to static by highlighting the Set static IPv4 address and network configuration and then pressing Space. Select Configure Management Network and then press Enter. To configure the network press F2 and then login with your root password. If you do have an IP that was assigned via DHCP, I’d suggest you change it to a static IP so that you know it won’t change when the host reboots. If your host doesn’t have an IP, you’ll need to configure it using the steps coming up. This is because I have the network adapter connected to a VMware Fusion network that has DHCP disabled.
MAC OS ON VMWARE ESXI INSTALL
We are now ready to install VMWare ESXi on the virtual machine.Īs you can see from the image in the previous step, the management IP address of my ESXi host is 0.0.0.0. Tick the Connect CD/DVD Drive option and then close the settings window.
MAC OS ON VMWARE ESXI ISO
Click on CD/DVD (IDE).Ĭlick on the dropdown and select the Choose a disc or disc image… option.īrowse to the VMware ESXi ISO that you downloaded and then click Open. Once the VM is saved, the settings screen will load. You will be asked to save the virtual machine. Leave the firmware type as UEFI and then click Continue.Ĭlick Continue to create a 40 GB virtual disk.Ĭlick the Customize Settings button so that we can attach the ISO. Select VMware ESX then VMware ESXi 6.x and then Continue. Select Create a custom virtual machine and then click Continue. VMware Fusion * and then click on the + icon in the toolbar. Creating a VMware vSphere ESXi 6.7 virtual machine with VMware Fusion Note: VMware ESXi is free when using only the basic features, and when you first install it, you get to try all the advanced features for 60 days.
MAC OS ON VMWARE ESXI DOWNLOAD
Head over to the VMware vSphere ESXi 6.7 download page and click the Download Now button to get the ISO.