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Unattended ESXi USB Install to DEll SD Ram

I followed this and the custom ks works when i install to my USB but fails when installing to SD Card

installs as a plain vanilla install

http://www.virten.net/2015/10/pre-installed-esxi-6-0-on-sd-cards-or-flash-drives/

Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)

Your SD card does not appear as a USB device.

newbie2239

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So what you are stating is :

If I have a Dell Server with Dell™ Internal Dual SD Module and I try to deploy an unattended ESXi install from a usb it will fail because the boot.cfg shows it as kernelopt=ks=usb:/ks.cfg and the SD Module does not appear as a USB Device ( which is true). So what are my options ?

* Environment does not allow Kickstart , DHCP, bootp, etc
* Don't want to boot from usb with blank install and configure server and leverage host profiles for the remaining systems

Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)

put the SD card in a USB carrier, and then remove the SD card and insert into server.

newbie2239

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:( ... 20 plus servers in a datacenter too much work ...

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newbie2239

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no pxe boot allowed in the environment ... I still use the good old EDA 1.05 appliance in my own personal environment .... works with 6 U2

Since the environment is another state with no onsite teams and the SD cards are set in a raid 1 configuration my best option is to use scripts after the base install and use the dreaded Hostprofiles and remember to uncheck some features.

newbie2239

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Giving Andrew the points because although it was not the answer I was looking for , it made me think about my other options .