Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Running Windows 8 on ESXi 5.0


After failure to install Windows 8 on ESXi 4.1 and 5.0, finally I installed it following the virtuallyGhetto article
http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2012/02/how-to-run-windows-8-consumer-preview.html

and through the article, the patch ESXi500-201112001 should be installed on ESXi 5.0.

and this is how to install it via command line after putting the host in maintenance mode:

esxcli software vib install --depot=/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/ESXi500-201112001.zip

While you can download ESXi500-201112001.zip from http://www.vmware.com/patchmgr/download.portal

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