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I am studying vmware, I rented 3 dedicated server in the web, I can connect remotely (using remote desktop) or connect through IPKVM (Remote control server). By using IPKVM I redirect ISO to my laptop, when I reboot the server I press F2 select boot sequence and select DVD/CDW virtual and load the program to the server (vsphere 5.5), when it finished, I started the installation, when is done, I go to IP make the changes according to the video training, my problem is the video training is using a server at their location but I am using dedicated server rental in the web.

Is there way of installing Vsphere 5.5 remotely?

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gheist

You do very well installing it from CD... You can install it over PXE, but that works on local networks, so you already use the best option.

mlsbraves

I agree with spravtek that this would be a difficult setup. If this is a home setup for learning/training/testing why don't you install VirtualBox(Free) on your PC and then install the ESXi hypervisor as a VM. It's not a valid setup for any production environment but it does work and is great for someone just trying to learn VMware. There are plenty of guides you can find on google and youtube to walk you through the setup.

http://unixmusings.wordpress.com/2013/07/07/vmware-esx-5-1i-within-virtualbox-4-2-16-on-windows-8-x64/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mpzq7ajNNjQ

José Méndez

I am studying VMware as well, taking the VCP course in about a month. Now, when you say you are installing vSphere, you mean the ESXi installer right? (VMware-VMvisor-Installer-5.0.0-469512.x86_64 or something like that?)

Could you clarify the problem description? Sounds like you were able to load the ESXi installer and got to the part where you configure an IP, but then it also sounds you couldn't finish that part.

Please clarify if you are installing the ESXi hipervisor or the vSphere client, or elaborate on the actual problem in question.