I simply navigated there with my VMware account (no entitlements or something like that), not sure if you need to sign up for some kind of trial (I did because I was also downloading vCenter), but ESXi is free so it should let you download…
https://my.vmware.com/en/web/vmware/evalcenter?p=free-esxi6 <https://my.vmware.com/en/web/vmware/evalcenter?p=free-esxi6> Jan > On 7 Aug 2017, at 13:09, Kevin Wilson <wkev...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > Thanks for your reply, Jan. > > Where do I get this > "VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.5.0.update01-5969303.x86_64.iso" file ? > I googled for it, and it gave me links to sites under: > https://my.vmware.com > > I had logged in to that site, and when I try to download that iso it gives me: > > "You either are not entitled or do not have permissions to download > this product. > Check with your My VMware Super User, Procurement Contact or Administrator. > > If you recently purchased this product through VMware Store or through > a third-party, try downloading later." > > Any ideas where it is hosted so me (and others) can download it ? > > Regards, > Kevin > > > On Sun, Aug 6, 2017 at 4:51 PM, Jan Schermer <j...@schermer.cz> wrote: >> You can’t redistribute that image legally, which is probably why you didn’t >> find any. >> >> Solution: >> >> virt-install --connect=qemu:///system -n esxi --cpu=host --vcpus=2 \ >> --ram 4096 --os-type=linux \ >> --cdrom=/tank/images/VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.5.0.update01-5969303.x86_64.iso >> \ >> --disk \ >> path=/dev/zvol/tank/volumes/esxi,bus=ide \ >> --hvm --network bridge=br-vm,model=e1000 --virt-type=kvm --arch=x86_64 \ >> --graphics spice --accelerate --video qxl --channel spicevmc >> >> Jan >> >> >> >>> On 6 Aug 2017, at 15:33, Kevin Wilson <wkev...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, qemu community, >>> Is there anywhere a prebuilt ESXi image for quemu ? >>> >>> I am newbie to qemu, and in the google search I did, I got many >>> recommendations about >>> how to create such an image. I would prefer to use a prebuilt image >>> which is known to work under >>> Ubnutu. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Kevin >>> >>