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Ok. So Im going to have one ESXi server and one Windows 2008 server which should be networked.<br />
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I guess plan would be to install vsphere client on the windows 2008 server so I can access ESXi (do I need &nbsp;a vcenter server also?). Then I can copy the VMs from USB onto windows 2008 server and import them?
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Ok. So Im going to have one ESXi server and one Windows 2008 server which should be networked.

I guess plan would be to install vsphere client on the windows 2008 server so I can access ESXi (do I need  a vcenter server also?). Then I can copy the VMs from USB onto windows 2008 server and import them?

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NO requirement for vCenter Server, for a single ESXi server, it's only used for management, and OTT for a single ESXi server.<br />
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Yes, that will work fine.
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NO requirement for vCenter Server, for a single ESXi server, it's only used for management, and OTT for a single ESXi server.

Yes, that will work fine.

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Sorry basic question. Vsphere knowledge is limited.<br />
Normally, I use vpshere client to connect to our existing Vcenter server.<br />
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Got a test where someone is coming along with a clean install ESXi host.<br />
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Questions are:-<br />
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1. Can I just RDP in to this machine to get access to Vsphere? Or is it more complicated than this?<br />
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2. Once on, I need to import VMs from USB drive. Can I just plug in?
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Sorry basic question. Vsphere knowledge is limited.
Normally, I use vpshere client to connect to our existing Vcenter server.

Got a test where someone is coming along with a clean install ESXi host.

Questions are:-

1. Can I just RDP in to this machine to get access to Vsphere? Or is it more complicated than this?

2. Once on, I need to import VMs from USB drive. Can I just plug in?

Accessing fresh install of ESXi

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.

VMware

Virtualization is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including (but not limited to) a virtual computer hardware platform, operating system (OS), storage device, or computer network resources. Virtualization is usually the creation of a system that executes separate from the underlying hardware resources, or the creation of an entire desktop for systems located elsewhere, similar to thin clients.