Re: vmware ESXi in KVM

[Roman Bolshakov]

On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 10:47:03AM +0200, Gunnar wrote:
> I am trying to install esxi7 inside a KVM machine
> 
>     virt-install --name=esxi7 \
>     --vcpus=2 \
>     --memory=4096 \
>     
> --cdrom=/home/username/isos/VMware-VMvisor-Installer-7.0U2a-17867351.x86_64.iso
>     \
>     --disk size=33 \
>     --os-variant=unknown
> 
> the installation process starts but does not get fails with a "No
> network adapters" error. This does not happen with other VM's.
> What do I have to add to above command in order to attach the default
> network adapter to the machine?
> 
> or is there any other trick I have to be aware of when it comes to
> installing ESXi
> 

Hi Gunnar,

A lot of legacy drivers have been removed from ESXi 7.

Consider to install e1000 community edition network driver.
You may also want to try vmxnet3 device, although it has some packet
delivery issues with hostfwd.

Regards,
Roman