HOW TO: Upload an ISO image to a VMware datastore for use with VMware vSphere Hypervisor 7.0 (ESXi 7.0) using the vSphere Host Client, and checking its MD5 checksum signature is correct.
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HOW TO: Upload an ISO image to a VMware datastore for use with VMware vSphere Hypervisor 7.0 (ESXi 7.0) using the vSphere Host Client, and checking its MD5 checksum signature is correct. It's a good idea to compare checksums because many installations fail because of a corrupt iso image.
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In this series of basic VMware articles for the Novice, I'll be showing you the basic VMware skills required to install, configure and deploy virtual machines using VMware's
FREE VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi).
There are other third-party tools, that can be used to upload ISO image files, these include:-
The progress bar shows the progress of the upload.
The Win2k19.iso has been successfully uploaded to the datastore.
3. Confirming the upload of the ISO image file has been transferred successfully using the MD5 checksum signature
To complete the following step
SSH must be enabled and running on your VMware vSphere Hypervisor 7.0 (ESXi 7.0) host server, if SSH is not running you will receive a connection refused message.
Connect to the VMware Hypervisor ESXi server via SSH. Using
PuTTY a free telnet and SSH client or another SSH client Login and Connect to the VMware Hypervisor ESXi server, using the IP address or hostname of the VMware Hypervisor ESXi server, using the root username and password credentials. This can also be performed if you have access to the console.
You will need to change folder or directories to the location of the iso image file. The VMware VMFS datastores are mapped here /vmfs/volumes. Use the following command to change to the datastore1 datastore and isos folder.
cd /vmfs/volume/<datastore name>/<folder name>
example :-
cd /vmfs/volumes/esx001_local1_vmfs6
type
cd /vmfs/volumes/esx001_local1_vmfs6
in the SSH session window.
Type cd isos to change to the isos folder you create above.
When you have successfully changed folders to the location of the isos image file which has been uploaded, use the following command to check the MD5 checksum signature.
md5sum <filename>
Example md5sum Win2k19.iso
Type
md5sum Win2k19.iso
in the SSH session window.
After several minutes, and the time taken, depending on the size of the ISO image file, and speed of the host processor and storage, an MD5 checksum signature will be displayed. The number displayed next to the filename - 99c9ef14d0d89c17d60b48cb705fa860 - is the MD5 checksum signature. Compare this number with the original number computed before the ISO image file was uploaded if they match, the transfer was successful. If they do not match, repeat Step 2 above.
Congratulations, you have successfully uploaded an ISO image to a VMware datastore for use with VMware vSphere Hypervisor 7.0 (ESXi 7.0) using the vSphere Host Client, and checked its MD5 checksum signature is correct.
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These articles are also applicable to VMware vSphere Hypervisor ESXi 5.0, 5.5, 6.0.
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