Comments on: A Simple VMware ESXi Rapid Deployment System – Part 1 of 3

By: Simon Long

Simon Long — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 20:07:38 +0000

Hi Mike, I haven't tried to use this system to deploy 4.1. What issues are you having?

Simon

By: Mike_wpb

Mike_wpb — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 19:48:57 +0000

Have you had any luck getting any of the previously mentioned and tested PXE servers to work with ESXi 4.1?? I have been having issues with each and everyone myself.

By: Simon Long

Simon Long — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:40:52 +0000

No, none at all. I just wanted to see if I could use something different. I've not personally used UDA, but I have used EDA.

By: justme

justme — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:56:23 +0000

Any reason your not using UDA to deploy ESXi?

By: ybizeul

ybizeul — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:13:58 +0000

PXE is a really great standard for rapid deployment. I used it with ESX to install a dozen of server in half a day with no pain (beside the coffee while I was waiting for the end of the install).
Now it could be great to have *fully* scriptable and automated deployment, I didn't look into ESXi PXE boot options yet, maybe there are some commands we can pass.

By: raphael schitz

raphael schitz — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:39:25 +0000

Great post Simon !
I personally use the vMA appliance for my PXE setup witch already has all the VMware tools you would need http://www.hypervisor.fr/?p=1545