Lastly, I have also spent some time building some new automation scripts which takes advantage of my Nested ESXi VAs and deploys a fully functional vSphere lab environment without even breaking a sweat. Below is a little sneak peak at what you can expect 😀 Watch the blog for more details!Īny idea creating VMFS5/6 failed on the 4GB or 8GB device?Ġb0597f)LVM: 12525: LVMProbeDevice failed with status "Device does not contain a logical volume".
Now that you made it this far, here is download: Nested_ESXi6.5d_Appliance_Template_v1.ova To be able to import and use this new ESXi VA, you will need to be running at least vSphere 6.0 Update 2 in your environment as I take advantage of some of the new Nested ESXi enhancements in vSphere 6.5. If you need to run ESXi 6.5 on earlier versions of vSphere, then you can take my existing 5.5 or 6.0 VAs and manually upgrade to 6.5. VMFS6 will be used if user selects to create VMFS volume.Disabled VSAN device monitoring for home labs (more info here).dvFilter Mac Learn VMX params added (more info here).1 x 8GB SSD (for use w/VSAN, empty by default).1 x 4GB SSD (for use w/VSAN, empty by default).The new ESXi 6.5 Virtual Appliance includes the following configuration: If you have not used this Virtual Appliance before, I strongly recommend you thoroughly review this blog post here for the background before proceeding further.ĭisclaimer: Nested ESXi and Nested Virtualization is not officially supported by VMware, please use this at your own risk (the usual). Just like prior releases, I have created a new Nested ESXi Virtual Appliance to aide in quickly setting up a vSphere 6.5 environment for both educational as well as lab purposes. The much anticipated release of vSphere 6.5 has officially GA'ed and you can find all the release notes and downloads over here.
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