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This can be done with the command New-EsxImageProfile.

Where going to clone the ESXi-5.0.0-456551-no-tools profile to a new profile called ESXi-WilmsenIT. Next step is to clone a existing image profile.With the command Get-EsxImageProfile you’ll get a list of the available profiles.ĮSXi-5.1.0-799733-standard VMware mm/dd/yyyy PartnerSupportedĮSXi-5.1.0-799733-no-tools VMware mm/dd/yyyy PartnerSupported.Verify the available software packages with the command: Get-EsxSoftwarePackage.

esxi51/VMware-ESXi-5.1.0-799733-depot.zipOutput will be something like: Add the vSphere 5.1 software depot file with the command:Īdd-ESXSoftwareDepot.Zip:C:vmwarebcm-driverBCM-NetXtremeII-1.0-offline_bundle-553511.zip?index… bcm-driverBCM-NetXtremeII-1.0-offline_bundle-553511.zip Use the Add-ESXSoftwareDepotcommandlet to add both the ESXi offline bundle and async offline bundle as depots.I placed the ESXi5.1 depot in c:vmwareesxi51 and the driver file in c:vmwarebcm-driver. Place these files in a directory on your harddrive. In my case the file name is: BCM-NetXtremeII-1.0-offline_bundle-553511). Download the VMware-ESXi-5.1.0-xxxxxx-depot.zip (where xxxxxx is the build number) from the VMware website and your driver file (something like Vendor_drivername-version-offline_bundle-xxxxxxxx where xxxxxx is the buildnumber.In order to fix this problem you have to create your own ISO file. And if no network card is detected, installation won’t continue.

During installation you don’t have the option to import a driver. Create a ESXi 5.1 ISO file with additional network driversĪs vSphere 5.1 is just released, you can run into the problem that the default ISO from VMware doesn’t contain the right drivers for you hardware.