Difference between revisions of "Adding Third Party Drivers To A VMware vSphere/ESXi 5 Installation ISO"
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#To check the software packages for a specific vendor, run<p><code>Get-EsxSoftwarePackage -Vendor ocz*</code></p> | #To check the software packages for a specific vendor, run<p><code>Get-EsxSoftwarePackage -Vendor ocz*</code></p> | ||
#To show all software packages in the depot, run<p><code>Get-EsxSoftwarePackage</code></p> | #To show all software packages in the depot, run<p><code>Get-EsxSoftwarePackage</code></p> | ||
| − | #Next we will select a valid ESXi 5 image profile and create a clone that we will then enhance. Run <code>Get-EsxImageProfile</code> to get a list of all available profiles. For this example, I’m selecting ESXi-5. | + | #Next we will select a valid ESXi 5 image profile and create a clone that we will then enhance. Run <code>Get-EsxImageProfile</code> to get a list of all available profiles. For this example, I’m selecting ESXi-5.0.0-20111204001-standard. It's not the latest available but, unfortunately, the latest available does not work. To create a clone of this profile run<p><code>New-EsxImageProfile -CloneProfile ESXi-5.0.0-20111204001-standard -Name ESXi-5.0.0-20111204001-Custom</code>.</p><p>Obviously feel free to adjust the name of the image as required</p><p>OPTIONAL: You may need to change the Acceptance Level of your image depending on which drivers you want to inject by running</p><p><code>Set-EsxImageProfile -ImageProfile ESXi-5.0.0-20111204001-Custom -AcceptanceLevel CommunitySupported</code></p> |
| − | #To get the list of VIBs in your profile, run<p><code>(Get-EsxImageProfile -Name ESXi-5. | + | #To get the list of VIBs in your profile, run<p><code>(Get-EsxImageProfile -Name ESXi-5.0.0-20111204001-Custom).VibList</code></p> |
| − | #Now add the driver to your profile by running<p><code>Add-EsxSoftwarePackage -ImageProfile ESXi-5. | + | #Now add the driver to your profile by running<p><code>Add-EsxSoftwarePackage -ImageProfile ESXi-5.0.0-20111204001-custom -SoftwarePackage scsi-ocz10xx</code></p> |
| − | #Now export your custom ISO:<p><code>Export-EsxImageProfile -ImageProfile ESXi-5. | + | #Now export your custom ISO:<p><code>Export-EsxImageProfile -ImageProfile ESXi-5.0.0-20111204001-Custom -ExportToISO -FilePath "c:\temp\ESXi-5.0.0-20111204001-Custom.iso"</code></p> |
| − | #If you want to save a custom depot zip file, run<p><code>Export-EsxImageProfile -ImageProfile ESXi-5. | + | #If you want to save a custom depot zip file, run<p><code>Export-EsxImageProfile -ImageProfile ESXi-5.0.0-20111204001-Custom -ExportToBundle -FilePath "c:\temp\ESXi-5.0.0-20111204001-Custom.zip"</code></p> |
| − | #To compare the original to your profile, run<p><code>Compare-EsxImageProfile ESXi-5. | + | #To compare the original to your profile, run<p><code>Compare-EsxImageProfile ESXi-5.0.0-20111204001-standard ESXi-5.0.0-20111204001-Custom</code></p> |
| − | #And just in case you | + | #And just in case you need to know how to remove a package:<p><code>Remove-EsxSoftwarePackage -ImageProfile ESXi-5.0.0-20111204001-Custom -SoftwarePackage scsi-ocz10xx</code></p> |
Revision as of 07:39, 10 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 start it, run
Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
- Download the VMware vSphere offline bundle
- To add the offline bundle as the depot, run
Add-EsxSoftwareDepot c:\temp\VMware-ESXi-5.1.0-799733-depot.zip - To add the VMware online depot, run
Add-EsxSoftwareDepot -DepotUrl https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml - 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.
- To add the “offline bundle” packages to the depot, run
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* - To show all software packages in the depot, run
Get-EsxSoftwarePackage - 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-5.0.0-20111204001-standard. It's not the latest available but, unfortunately, the latest available does not work. To create a clone of this profile runNew-EsxImageProfile -CloneProfile ESXi-5.0.0-20111204001-standard -Name ESXi-5.0.0-20111204001-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-5.0.0-20111204001-Custom -AcceptanceLevel CommunitySupported - To get the list of VIBs in your profile, run
(Get-EsxImageProfile -Name ESXi-5.0.0-20111204001-Custom).VibList - Now add the driver to your profile by running
Add-EsxSoftwarePackage -ImageProfile ESXi-5.0.0-20111204001-custom -SoftwarePackage scsi-ocz10xx - Now export your custom ISO:
Export-EsxImageProfile -ImageProfile ESXi-5.0.0-20111204001-Custom -ExportToISO -FilePath "c:\temp\ESXi-5.0.0-20111204001-Custom.iso" - If you want to save a custom depot zip file, run
Export-EsxImageProfile -ImageProfile ESXi-5.0.0-20111204001-Custom -ExportToBundle -FilePath "c:\temp\ESXi-5.0.0-20111204001-Custom.zip" - To compare the original to your profile, run
Compare-EsxImageProfile ESXi-5.0.0-20111204001-standard ESXi-5.0.0-20111204001-Custom - And just in case you need to know how to remove a package:
Remove-EsxSoftwarePackage -ImageProfile ESXi-5.0.0-20111204001-Custom -SoftwarePackage scsi-ocz10xx
