Difference between revisions of "Adding Third Party Drivers To A VMware vSphere/ESXi 5 Installation ISO"
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Stolen from http://alexander.walden.de/2012/01/18/making-your-own-esxi-5-installation-image/ | Stolen from http://alexander.walden.de/2012/01/18/making-your-own-esxi-5-installation-image/ | ||
| + | The SSD I purchased as the only disk in my new server isn't recognized by the vSphere installation CD. I need to add a driver from the vendor in order to do the installation. | ||
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| + | #Download and install [http://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/server/vsphere/automationtools/powercli?rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&sqi=2&ved=0CCkQFjAA&url=http://www.vmware.com/go/PowerCLI&ei=Zo90UNauJMf1ygG0wYDQDw&usg=AFQjCNHixkgPGjBKVx5ZnJKrGXx0ba-y_g&sig2=KQgPBTyg9qp1p1t3617RCg VMware vSphere PowerCLI] on a Windows 7 machine | ||
| + | #*Run it as an administrator | ||
| + | #*The first time you run it, do<p><code>Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned</code></p> | ||
#Download the [https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/details?productId=285&downloadGroup=VCL-VSP510-ESXI-510-EN VMware vSphere offline bundle] | #Download the [https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/details?productId=285&downloadGroup=VCL-VSP510-ESXI-510-EN VMware vSphere offline bundle] | ||
#Add the offline bundle as the depot:<p><code>Add-EsxSoftwareDepot c:\temp\VMware-ESXi-5.1.0-799733-depot.zip</code></p> | #Add the offline bundle as the depot:<p><code>Add-EsxSoftwareDepot c:\temp\VMware-ESXi-5.1.0-799733-depot.zip</code></p> | ||
Revision as of 20:58, 9 October 2012
Stolen from http://alexander.walden.de/2012/01/18/making-your-own-esxi-5-installation-image/
The SSD I purchased as the only disk in my new server isn't recognized by the vSphere installation CD. I need to add a driver from the vendor in order to do the installation.
- Download and install VMware vSphere PowerCLI on a Windows 7 machine
- Run it as an administrator
- The first time you run it, do
Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
- Download the VMware vSphere offline bundle
- Add the offline bundle as the depot:
Add-EsxSoftwareDepot c:\temp\VMware-ESXi-5.1.0-799733-depot.zip - To show all software packages in these channels, run
Get-EsxSoftwarePackage - Download the driver. In this case I’ve downloaded the driver for the OCZ Revodrive 3:
- Place this driver file in a location accessible to your PowerCLI window.
- Add the “offline bundle” packages to the depot:
Add-EsxSoftwareDepot c:\temp\ocz10xx-1.0.0-offline_bundle-751505.zip(remember to adjust the path to your environment!) - To check the software packages for a specific vendor run
Get-EsxSoftwarePackage -Vendor ocz* - Next we will select a valid ESXi 5 image profile and create a clone that we will then enhance. Run
Get-EsxImageProfileto get a list of all available profiles. For this example, I’m selecting ESXi-5.1.0-799733-standard as that is the latest at the time of writing. To create a clone of this profile runNew-EsxImageProfile -CloneProfile ESXi-5.1.0-799733-standard -Name ESXi-5.1.0-799733-Custom.Obviously feel free to adjust the name of the image as required
OPTIONAL: You may need to change the Acceptance Level of your image depending on which drivers you want to inject by running
Set-EsxImageProfile -ImageProfile ESXi-5.1.0-799733-Custom -AcceptanceLevel CommunitySupported - To get the list of VIBs in your profile run
(Get-EsxImageProfile -Name ESXi-5.1.0-799733-Custom).VibList - Now add the driver to your profile by running
Add-EsxSoftwarePackage -ImageProfile ESXi-5.1.0-799733-custom -SoftwarePackage scsi-ocz10xx - Now export your custom ISO:
Export-EsxImageProfile -ImageProfile ESXi-5.1.0-799733-Custom -ExportToISO -FilePath "c:\temp\ESXi-5.1.0-799733-Custom.iso" - If you want to save a custom depot zip file run:
Export-EsxImageProfile -ImageProfile ESXi-5.1.0-799733-Custom -ExportToBundle -FilePath "c:\temp\ESXi-5.1.0-799733-Custom.zip" - To compare the original to your profile, run
Compare-EsxImageProfile ESXi-5.1.0-799733-standard ESXi-5.1.0-799733-Custom - And just in case you want to remove a package:
Remove-EsxSoftwarePackage -ImageProfile ESXi-5.1.0-799733-Custom -SoftwarePackage scsi-ocz10xx
