VMware Virtualization, Cloud Management, Security & Automation
Deploying vCenter Server (VCSA) using the CLI installer is fast, repeatable, and ideal for lab environments or scripted deployments. In this post, I’ll demonstrate how to deploy a brand new vCenter server using the CLI installer. While this post focuses on CLI deployment from macOS, the process for Linux and Windows is very similar.
I recently moved over to an Apple Silicon-based Macbook Pro, and after installing Visual Studio Code and Powershell (pwsh), I was prompted with the following error. Unable to find PowerShell! Do you have it installed? You can also configure custom installations with the ‘powershell.powerShellAdditionalExePaths’ setting. Fortunately, the fix is straightforward. First, open up Terminal (zsh)…
If you are hitting this error while trying to launch the VCSA Installer, “Installer” is damaged and can’t be opened. You should eject the disk image. This is most likely just macOS Security Gatekeeper getting in the way, don’t worry the fix is simple! Note: This issue also affects the CLI Installer too. To have…
With the release of vSphere 8, some of you may need a solution for creating a bootable USB installer for ESXi 8 on macOS without using a 3rd party utility. You will be happy to know that my previous blog post Create a Bootable ESXi 7 USB Installer on macOS, still works perfectly. Note this…
Customising ESXi image profiles is helpful when you need to add custom drivers to your ESXi installation image. I will demonstrate in this post, how to customise ESXi image profiles using the built-in Image Builder service on vCenter 7. I usually use Powershell to build customised ESXi images; however, non-windows users might find this handy…
MacOS from Catalina onwards, a security change prevents non notarized apps from running. To get around this, you need to exclude the VCSA Installer from the MacOS Security Gatekeeper by removing the metadata quarantine attribute “com.apple.quarantine” for the VCSA ISO. Before mounting the ISO, open Terminal and run the following command Now you may mount…
I had redeployed my home lab vCenter appliance, and upon attempting to access the vCenter UI, I was denied access and encountered the following error “NET::ERR_CERT_INVALID“ Details in the Error vc.virtuallywired.io normally uses encryption to protect your information. When Google Chrome tried to connect to vc.virtuallywired.io this time, the website sent back unusual and incorrect…
Last year I posted a guide on creating a ESXi 6.7 USB Installer on macOS without any 3rd party tools. This is an updated guide using ESXi 7.0b. I’ve included a short video demonstration. Note, this guide is based on macOS only, if you are using Windows please use the Rufus utility. Prerequisites Download the…
In this post I’ll show how to create a bootable ESXi Installer USB flash drive on macOS without any 3rd party software. I’ve done this many times on Windows using Rufus, but here i’ll demonstrate how it can be done on macOS without 3rd party software. See updated post Create a Bootable ESXi 7 USB…
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