{"id":5377,"date":"2020-04-09T19:48:56","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T19:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geekdecoder.com\/?p=5377"},"modified":"2023-10-19T19:39:40","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T19:39:40","slug":"how-to-customize-esxi-install-with-realtek-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/2020\/04\/09\/how-to-customize-esxi-install-with-realtek-drivers\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Customize ESXI 6.7 install with Realtek Drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Create a folder C:\\Esxibuild<\/p>\n

Download to C:\\Esxibuild
\nVMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7U3b Bundle (not the ISO).
\nhttps:\/\/my.vmware.com\/web\/vmware\/details?downloadGroup=ESXI67U3B&productId=742<\/p>\n

Download the Realtek Drivers:
\nhttps:\/\/vibsdepot.v-front.de\/wiki\/index.php\/List_of_currently_available_ESXi_packages
\n(For this one, I used the net55-r8168-8.045a-napi-offline_bundle)<\/p>\n

Here is what the files look like:
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Download and install the VMware PowerCLI
\nhttps:\/\/my.vmware.com\/group\/vmware\/details?productId=614&downloadGroup=PCLI650R1<\/p>\n

Open powershell in Administrator mode. Go to the folder C:\\Esxibuild in PS.<\/p>\n

Add the VMware Modules for Powershell:<\/p>\n

Get-Module -ListAvailable VM* | Import-Module<\/p>\n

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Check Modules:<\/p>\n

$env:PSModulePath.Split(‘;’)<\/p>\n

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Import Modules:<\/p>\n

Get-Module -ListAvailable VM* | Import-Module\n\n\"\"<\/a><\/pre>\n
Find the build information. Open the compressed file for the Esxi bundle you downloaded: c:\\esxibuild > ESXi670-201912001 > metadata > profiles. There should be 4 profiles. Copy the path for the next commands.
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Change your paths to match.
\nrun:<\/p>\n
Add-EsxSoftwareDepot \"C:\\esxibuild\\net55-r8168-8.045a-napi-offline_bundle.zip\", \"C:\\esxibuild\\ESXi670-201912001.zip\"\n\n\"\"<\/a><\/pre>\n
Get-EsxImageProfile\n\n\"\"<\/a><\/pre>\n
New-EsxImageProfile -CloneProfile ESXi-6.7.0-20191204001-standard -name ESXi-6.7.0-20191204001-standard-RTL8111 -Vendor Razz\n\n\"\"<\/a><\/pre>\n
Set-EsxImageProfile -ImageProfile ESXi-6.7.0-20191204001-standard-RTL8111 -AcceptanceLevel CommunitySupported\n\n\"\"<\/a><\/pre>\n
Get-EsxSoftwarePackage | Where {$_.Vendor -eq \"Realtek\"}\n<\/pre>\n
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Add-EsxSoftwarePackage -ImageProfile ESXi-6.7.0-20191204001-standard-RTL8111 -SoftwarePackage net55-r8168\n<\/pre>\n
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Export-EsxImageProfile -ImageProfile ESXi-6.7.0-20191204001-standard-RTL8111 -ExportToIso -filepath C:\\esxibuild\\VMware-ESXi-6.7.0-8169922-RTL8111.iso\n\"\"<\/a><\/pre>\n
Now, there should be an ISO to burn.
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Other sources: https:\/\/www.sysadminstories.com\/2018\/08\/adding-realtek-8111-driver-to-vsphere.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Create a folder C:\\Esxibuild Download to C:\\Esxibuild VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7U3b Bundle (not the ISO). https:\/\/my.vmware.com\/web\/vmware\/details?downloadGroup=ESXI67U3B&productId=742 Download the Realtek Drivers: https:\/\/vibsdepot.v-front.de\/wiki\/index.php\/List_of_currently_available_ESXi_packages (For this one, I used the net55-r8168-8.045a-napi-offline_bundle) Here is what the files look like: Download and install the VMware PowerCLI https:\/\/my.vmware.com\/group\/vmware\/details?productId=614&downloadGroup=PCLI650R1 Open powershell in Administrator mode. Go to the folder C:\\Esxibuild in PS. … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-esxi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8949,"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5377\/revisions\/8949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}