Ok I installed esxi 6.0 on my server and vsphere client on my desktop to manage it. Now to install r2 2012 server on my server do I just install it like normal plug in my usb iso and install or do I open vsphere and install it from there to the server? I'm a bit confused I have a server with 2 xeons 4 500gb 7200 hdd's and 32 ram, I want to run four virtual machines on it for learning and training purposes for myself. So now that I have it connected to my vsphere client and am logged in. How do I install my 2012 r2 onto my server?
Hello,
Connect to the environment via the vSphere client and right-click the ESXi host or Datacenter in the inventory and 'Create a new virtual machine' should be an option.
Select this then go through the Wizard to create a VM with the OS type resources and configuration that it requires.
Page 21 of this documet goes through the basic steps of creating a VM:
If you have not created anye VMFS datastores on the local HDD storage devices then you will have to do this first:
Bob
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For learning purpose better you should use Vmware workstation , then install ESXi and Windows 2012
Make 2012 as vcenter server