#Vsphere esxi 6.0 download update#
#Vsphere esxi 6.0 download Patch#
#Vsphere esxi 6.0 download upgrade#
#Vsphere esxi 6.0 download iso#

There is additional verbose logging that outputs as a log file in your current working directory either vsphere60-lab-deployment.log or vsphere65-lab-deployment.log depending on the deployment you have selected. Once you have saved your changes, you can now run the PowerCLI script as you normally would.

#Vsphere esxi 6.0 download upgrade#

# Upgrade vESXi hosts to 6.5a $upgradeESXiTo65a = 0

# Set to 1 only if you have DNS (forward/reverse) for ESXi hostnames $addHostByDnsName = 0 For advanced deployments such as NSX 6.3, you will need to download additional files and below are examples of what is required. The first two are mandatory for the basic deployment. This section describes the location of the files required for deployment. Once the vCenter Server is setup, we will then add the remainder Nested ESXi VMs into its inventory. The way that this deployment scenario works is that we will still deploy three Nested ESXi VM onto the pESXi host, however, the first Nested ESXi VM will be selected as a 'Bootstrap' node which we will then construct a single-node vSAN to then deploy the VCSA. The 'Self Managed' deployment is simliar, however the biggest difference is that rather than the VCSA being deployed directly to the pESXi host like the 'Standard' deployment, it will actually be running within the Nested ESXi VM. This is a pretty straight forward and basic deployment, it should not surprise anyone. The VCSA will also be deployed directly to the pESXi host and the vCenter Server will be configured to add the three Nested ESXi VMs into its inventory. In the 'Standard' deployment, three Nested ESXi VMs will be deployed to the pESXi host and configured with vSAN. The rest of the boxes is what the scripts will deploy.

#Vsphere esxi 6.0 download update#

The pESXi in gray is what you already have deployed which must be running at least ESXi 6.0 Update 2. Here is a quick diagram to help illustrate the two deployment scenarios. The VCSA is then bootstrapped onto the first Nested ESXi VM

Self Managed - Only the Nested ESXi VMs are deployed to physical ESXi host.

Standard - All VMs are deployed directly to the physical ESXi host.

The scripts support deploying both a vSphere 6.x environment and there are two types of deployments for each:

#Vsphere esxi 6.0 download Patch#

ESXi 6.5a offline patch bundle (extracted).

#Vsphere esxi 6.0 download iso#

vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 6.x extracted ISO.

PowerNSX installed and loaded (required if you plan to do NSX 6.3 deployment).

1 x Physical ESXi host or vCenter Server running at least vSphere 6.0u2 or later.

Added support for deploying basic vSphere environment (ESXi VM + VCSA) into VMware Cloud on AWS (Nested vSAN not supported).

vMotion is now enabled by default on vmk0 for all Nested ESXi hosts.Added support for new Nested ESXi 6.7 Virtual Appliance (will need to download that first).Added support for vCenter Server 6.7, some of the JSON params have changed for consistency purposes which needed to be updated.Added fix to test ESXi endpoint before trying to patch.

Support for patching ESXi using VMware Online repo thanks to Matt Lichstein for contribution.Added CPU/MEM/Storage resource requirements in confirmation screen.Support for adding ESXi hosts into VC using DNS name (disabled by default).Support for both Virtual & Distributed Portgroup on $VMNetwork.Support for 'Private' Portgroup on eth1 for Nested ESXi VM used for VXLAN traffic (required for NSX 6.3).Support for VDS + VXLAN VMkernel configuration (required for NSX 6.3).Support for updating Nested ESXi VM to ESXi 6.5a (required for NSX 6.3).Support for deploying NSX 6.3 & registering with vCenter Server.Added missing dvFilter param to eth1 (missing in Nested ESXi OVA).Added option to auto-create vApp Container for VMs.Resolved 'Another task in progress' thanks to Jason M.Automatically handle Nested ESXi on vSAN.For information, you can refer to this blog post here for more details. VSphere Automated Lab Deployment Table of ContentsР”Р„utomated deployment of a fully functional vSphere 6.x environment that includes a set of Nested ESXi Virtual Appliance(s) configured w/vSAN as well as a vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) using PowerCLI.