Create VMware Lab | Build Virtual Data centre in Home with VMware vSphere 5.5 using one Computer
Create VMware Lab | Build Virtual Data centre in Home with VMware vSphere 5.5 using one Computer
This is a very basic video, which shows how to create your virtual Data centre in home with VMware vSphere 5.5,
using only one computer.The video is in a sequence, to understand the step by step process of building a lab.
I am sure this will be very helpful for who are learning VMware,
and who wish to experience or build a virtual data centre.
Hardware used for this demonstration
Laptop with Intel corei3 x64 processor 2.0 GHZ
12 GB Physical Memory
500 GB HDD
Software used for this demonstration
Windows 7 Professional x64 installed in Laptop
VMware Workstation 12 PRO
VMware VSphere 5.5 (ESXi, vCenter, VSphere client)
Open filer Software (Storage)
Windows Server 2008r2 OS (for vCenter server)
The Download links for the software
Registration may required to download the evaluation/trial versions.
VMware products:
https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/down...
Open Filer
https://www.openfiler.com/community/d...
Microsoft Windows 2008 Server
http://www.microsoft.com/en-in/downlo...
Installation & Configuration Steps
Installing VMware Workstation
Installing ESXi Host1 & Configure network
Clone ESXi Host1 to create ESXi Host2 & Configure network
Installing and Configuring Open filer
(Open Filer is an Open Source Storage Managment Appliance)
Create Volume, Create iSCSI Target, LUN Mapping etc.
Installing Windows server for VCenter server and configure.
(I have Installed a Domain Controller and added my vCentre server as a member od domain to make the lab more professional)
Installing vCenter server
Create Datacenter and adding ESXi host.
Adding iSCSI storage to ESXi host
Creating Folder & Uploading OS image files to Datacenter
Creating VM in Host machine and Install OS
Login to VCenter server using web client
Hope this video will be helpful.
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