How To Create New Virtual Machine In Vmware Esxi 5.5
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Hey guys, so virtualization is new for me and boss finally let me setup a test server. I installed VMware ESXI 5.5 and I'm have an issue and I can't find help online that is useful. He told me to install an Ubuntu virtual machine and I did. I have the ISO for it but it keeps saying the above error. I'm on a 32 bit machine trying to install a 32 bit virtual machine with the 32 bit ISO. Thanks in advance.
You have it connected to a client device. Do you have a CD-Rom in your machines drive? Have you click on "connect cd/dvd" in the toolbar?
If not, that's the reason.
The easiest option is to just copy the ISO you download to the datastore and connect it. There isn't a need to burn it to a CD/DVD or anything.
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Have you connected the ISO to the VM?
The VM's boot order is CD-ROM, Disk, PXE so it suggests to me that you've created the VM but not attached the ISO to it.
You're missing your MBR...are you booting from the ISO or have you already installed?
If it's the ISO, does the MD5 check out?
Gary D Williams wrote:
Have you connected the ISO to the VM?
The VM's boot order is CD-ROM, Disk, PXE so it suggests to me that you've created the VM but not attached the ISO to it.
Good call...if you have the ISO in the datastore, the "connected" box isn't checked by default
Gary D Williams wrote:
Have you connected the ISO to the VM?
The VM's boot order is CD-ROM, Disk, PXE so it suggests to me that you've created the VM but not attached the ISO to it.
I went to "Edit virtual machine settings">chose CD/DVD>Client device>OK>Connect CD/DVD of the virtual machine>Connect to ISO image on local disk
Which you probably did after the machine booted...hit enter and see what you getManofValor wrote:
Hey guys, so virtualization is new for me and boss finally let me setup a test server. I installed VMware ESXI 5.5 and I'm have an issue and I can't find help online that is useful. He told me to install an Ubuntu virtual machine and I did. I have the ISO for it but it keeps saying the above error. I'm on a 32 bit machine trying to install a 32 bit virtual machine with the 32 bit ISO. Thanks in advance.
You could also make a bootable CD/DVD, Use a software called ImageBurn:
http://www.imgburn.com/
There should be an option to connect a CD/DVD drive(host) under Edit settings in vSphere. Reboot the VM and when it boots up again, it should detect the CD and start the bootup process.
ManofValor wrote:
Gary D Williams wrote:
Have you connected the ISO to the VM?
The VM's boot order is CD-ROM, Disk, PXE so it suggests to me that you've created the VM but not attached the ISO to it.
I went to "Edit virtual machine settings">chose CD/DVD>Client device>OK>Connect CD/DVD of the virtual machine>Connect to ISO image on local disk
And it's ticked to connect on power on?
Hit ctrl+t in the console screen to reset it and see if it boots from CD.
If it doesn't, try hitting F12 at the boot screen and selecting "boot from CD"
Goalieman wrote:
You could also make a bootable CD/DVD, Use a software called ImageBurn:
http://www.imgburn.com/
There should be an option to connect a CD/DVD drive(host) under Edit settings in vSphere. Reboot the VM and when it boots up again, it should detect the CD and start the bootup process.
Yeah, I was going to try that next but I wanted to figure out why this isn't working. I watched several guys do it on you tube but I'm having the problems.
Pretty sure Gary's right here. If it still won't boot, try a Windows ISO.
I am really sure Gary is right here, I had the same error. There is a small(ish) box that has to be checked that tells the vm to connect to the CD/DVD drive at startup....
If you know the ISO is connected, Do as Carl said and run an MD5 on the iso and make sure the ISO is a good download.
Gary D Williams wrote:
And it's ticked to connect on power on?
Not available
Gary D Williams wrote:
Hit ctrl+t in the console screen to reset it and see if it boots from CD.
If it doesn't, try hitting F12 at the boot screen and selecting "boot from CD"
I did reset it a few times and F12 didn't do anything.
The host device option said no devices available
You have it connected to a client device. Do you have a CD-Rom in your machines drive? Have you click on "connect cd/dvd" in the toolbar?
If not, that's the reason.
The easiest option is to just copy the ISO you download to the datastore and connect it. There isn't a need to burn it to a CD/DVD or anything.
Click the button that says Host Device. your cd/dvd should be there.
Should look like this
If the ISO is in the datastore, select "Datastore ISO file" and browse for it. Then ensure that "Connect at power on" is selected. Reboot the VM and it should work.
I didn't know about downloading it to the datastore. I did that and still didn't work but then Miami56 reminded me, after Gary already said it, about checking the connect at power on and it worked. Thank all you guys!
With all my VMWare environments I have a central ISO datastore for these files. Makes life a lot easier.
Gary D Williams wrote:
With all my VMWare environments I have a central ISO datastore for these files. Makes life a lot easier.
Me too.
I sometimes do, but only for things that I install over and over. If it's a one-off and I'm on the LAN, I'll do it from the client machine.
I'm having a similar problem right now. My brand new VM on a ESXi 5.5 server won't mount the CD/DVD drive either.
There is no drive on the server. The VMWare Integration Plug-in isn't doing it's job no more than giving me a console. The VM has the option to install it along side the "mount local CD/DVD drive and Mound an ISO from a datastore.
The only option that I can get the farthest down the road on is "Mount and ISO from a datastore", but again, the drive never seems to be active.
I can't get the drive to become available. I have a tried two KNOWN good .ISO files for Windows Server 2012R2 and I have the drive connecting when the VM powers up and it SAYS it's connected to the VM, but when it boots, it never find anything to boot off of.
In the VM Boot section, the CD-DRIVE never has a plus next to it.
It tries to boot of the network and then finally says, "no operating system."
Weird. It's just acting as if the drive isn't in the boot order.
I was able to resolve the issue by starting with another VM that was a version 8 type. I didn't have any problem connecting the DVD to an ISO by doing that.
The web vSphere client I was using seemed to be the source of the problem. I think they've got a ways to go with it.
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