This will start the Windows 10 installation. Once the VM appeared in the vSphere console, start it. Select Datastore ISO File and browse it to Windows 10 圆4 ISO image you uploaded earlier. In the VM properties specify at least 1 Gb RAM for 32-bit Windows 10, and 2 Gb for 64-bit and add one additional virtual CPU unit. On the result screen check option Edit the virtual machine settings before completion. Windows 10 x86 requires at least 16 Gb disk size, and Windows 10 64-bit – 20 GB. Even Windows 10 is missing in the list of supported operating systems (in older ESXi versions), you can try to install it by selecting guest operating system as Microsoft Windows 8 (64bit), which has the similar Windows kernel. Select VMFS datastore, which will store the files for your virtual machine.Īs the version of the guest operating system, select Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit). This process will create the shell Windows virtual machine.Įnter virtual machine name (w10-test) and select folder (Inventory Location). Select desired ESXi host, right-click on it and select New Virtual Machine wizard in the vSphere Client or the vSphere web client connected to vCenter Server. You need to create new virtual machine using the virtual machine wizard. Login to your VMware management console via vSphere Client. Upload it to the VMFS datastore or network NFS folder, which is accessible from your ESXi host. In our example, we use Windows 10 圆4 Professional Eng image.
You can download it from Microsoft website or create using Media Creation Tool. We need the installation image of Windows 10 in ISO file format.
Let’s look at how to install Windows 10 on VMware ESXi 6. VI admins must consider compatibility levels when they install ESXi and decide on virtual hardware version levels. ESXi 5.5, ESXi 5.5 Update 1, Update 2 and Update 3.Official support for Windows 10 virtual machines in VMWare products is available in the following versions of VMware vSphere ESXi and VMware Workstation: We will create a virtual machine on the ESXi 6.0 host in our example. This installation guide will explain each phase step by step and guide you through Windows 10 operating system installation on a virtual machine (VM) running in the VMware ESXi environment.
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