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Well, the new VMware vSphere 5.1 has just arrived and brought one new feature which one is better than the other. In this article I’ll focus on the New vSphere 5.1 Web client, since it will be the client of all future versions and all the management and update taks will be executed through this new web client. VMware is the global leader in virtualization software, providing desktop and server virtualization products for virtual infrastructure solutions. VMware The location of this file has changed. For example, you cannot manage, modify or create VMs with Virtual hardware 13 (vSphere 6.5) with vSphere Client 6.0 or you cannot manage virtual hardware 10 (vSphere 5.5) with vSphere client 5.1. In VMware vCenter Server 5.1 and 5.5, virtual machines can only be created with hardware version 9 and 10 from the vSphere Web Client.
What's in the Release NotesThe release notes cover the following topics:What's NewThis release of VMware vSphere 5.1 includes ESXi 5.1 and vCenter Server 5.1. Read about the new and enhanced features in this release in What's New in VMware vSphere 5.1. InternationalizationVMware vSphere 5.1 is available in the following languages:
Compatibility and InstallationESXi, vCenter Server, and vSphere Web Client Version CompatibilityThe VMware Product Interoperability Matrix provides details about the compatibility of current and previous versions of VMware vSphere components, including ESXi, VMware vCenter Server, the vSphere Web Client, and optional VMware products. In addition, check this site for information about supported management and backup agents before installing ESXi or vCenter Server. The vSphere Client and the vSphere Web Client are packaged with the vCenter Server and modules ZIP file. You can install one or both clients from the VMware vCenter™ Installer wizard. Hardware Compatibility for ESXiTo determine which processors, storage devices, SAN arrays, and I/O devices are compatible with vSphere 5.1, use the ESXi 5.1 information in the VMware Compatibility Guide. The list of supported processors is expanded for this release. To determine which processors are compatible with this release, use the VMware Compatibility Guide. Guest Operating System Compatibility for ESXiTo determine which guest operating systems are compatible with vSphere 5.1, use the ESXi 5.1 information in the VMware Compatibility Guide. Beginning with vSphere 5.1, support level changes for older guest operating systems have been introduced. For descriptions of each support level, see Knowledge Base article 2015161. The VMware Compatibility Guide provides detailed support information for all operating system releases and VMware product releases. The following guest operating system releases that are no longer supported by their respective operating system vendors are deprecated. Future vSphere releases will not support these guest operating systems, although vSphere 5.1 does support them.
Virtual Machine Compatibility for ESXiVirtual machines that are compatible with ESX 3.x and later (hardware version 4) are supported with ESXi 5.1. Virtual machines that are compatible with ESX 2.x and later (hardware version 3) are no longer supported. To use such virtual machines on ESXi 5.1, upgrade the virtual machine compatibility. See the vSphere Upgrade documentation. vSphere Client Connections to Linked Mode Environments with vCenter Server 5.xvCenter Server 5.1 can exist in Linked Mode only with other instances of vCenter Server 5.1. Installation Notes for This ReleaseRead the vSphere Installation and Setup documentation for step-by-step guidance on installing and configuring ESXi and vCenter Server. Although the installations are straightforward, several subsequent configuration steps are essential. In particular, read the following:
Migrating Third-Party SolutionsYou cannot directly migrate third-party solutions installed on an ESX or ESXi host as part of a host upgrade. Architectural changes between ESXi 5.0 and ESXi 5.1 result in the loss of third-party components and possible system instability. To accomplish such migrations, you can create a custom ISO file with Image Builder. For information about upgrading with third-party customizations, see the vSphere Upgrade documentation. For information about using Image Builder to make a custom ISO, see the vSphere Installation and Setup documentation. Upgrades and Installations Disallowed for Unsupported CPUsvSphere 5.1 supports only CPUs with LAHF and SAHF CPU instruction sets. During an installation or upgrade, the installer checks the compatibility of the host CPU with vSphere 5.1. If your host hardware is not compatible, a purple screen appears with an incompatibility information message, and you cannot install or upgrade to vSphere 5.1. Upgrades for This ReleaseFor instructions about upgrading vCenter Server and ESX/ESXi hosts, see the vSphere Upgrade documentation. Test Releases of vSphere 5.1 Upgrades from the vSphere 5.1 Beta and the vSphere 5.0 Release Candidate releases to vSphere 5.1 are not supported. Uninstall ESXi 5.1 Beta or Release Candidate and vCenter Server 5.1 Beta or Release Candidate, and perform fresh installations of vCenter Server 5.1 and ESXi 5.1. If you were testing Beta or Release Candidate versions of vSphere 5.1, VMware recommends that you recreate data that you want to preserve from those setups on vSphere 5.1. vCenter Server Upgrades vSphere 5.1 supports the following upgrade scenarios.
ESX/ESXi Upgrades vSphere 5.1 offers the following tools for upgrading ESX/ESXi hosts:
Open Source Components for VMware vSphere 5.1The copyright statements and licenses applicable to the open source software components distributed in vSphere 5.1 are available at http://www.vmware.com/download/vsphere/open_source.html, on the Open Source tab. You can also download the source files for any GPL, LGPL, or other similar licenses that require the source code or modifications to source code to be made available for the most recent generally available release of vSphere. Product Support Notices
Known IssuesThe known issues are grouped as follows. Installation Issues
Known issues that affect both installation and upgrade are listed under Installation Issues.
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Many of you may have wanted to run a Mac OS X virtual machine in your vSphere setup but get hit with the error that darwin11–64Guest is not supported, as outlined in VMware KB 2006093. As the KB explains that this is because you must be running Apple certified hardware to run a Mac OS X virtual machine. I’m sure that this has to do with the licensing of the OS X product. But you may want to run a vm or two to test software in your environment.
The Workaround
Luckily the heavy lifting to get around this has been done by InsanelyMac user Donk. He has created an unlocker tool for non-Apple hardware to be able to boot Mac OS X virtual machines. His tool works for other versions of VMware like Workstation but I’m going to focus on using it for ESXi.
There are two different versions of his unlocker utility, one for ESXi 5.0/5.1/5.5 and another for ESXi 6.0. Make sure that you use the appropriate utility for the version of your ESXi host.
How It’s Done
ESXi 6.0
Download Mac OS X Unlocker for VMware V2 (currently V2.0.6) from the InsanelyMac download page.
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- Extract unlocker206.zip to a folder on your computer.
- Upload the contents to a datastore on your ESXi host.
- Put your host in maintenance mode.
- Enable the ESXi shell by following these directions if you haven’t already done so.
- Open the ESXi shell.
- Navigate to the directory on the datastore where the unlocker was uploaded to:Where Datastore is the datastore name where the patch file was uploaded to, and DirectoryName is the directory you created on the datastore.
- Make the install script executable.
- Run the install script.
- Reboot the ESXi host:
- Exit maintenance mode, and enjoy.
- Use the darwin.iso file in the tools folder to mount and install VMware Tools.
ESXi 5.0/5.1/5.5
Download Mac OS X Unlocker for VMware (currently V1.3.0) from the InsanelyMac download page.
- Extract unlocker-all-v130.zip to a folder on your computer.
- Upload the contents to a datastore on your ESXi host.
- Put your host in maintenance mode.
- Enable the ESXi shell by following these directions if you haven’t already done so.
- Open the ESXi shell.
- Navigate to the directory on the datastore where the unlocker was uploaded to:Where Datastore is the datastore name where the patch file was uploaded to, and DirectoryName is the directory you created on the datastore.
- Make the install script executable.
- Run the install script.
- Reboot the host.
- Exit Maintenance Mode, and enjoy.
- Use the darwin.iso file in the tools folder to mount and install VMware Tools.
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Installing Mac OS X
You have to follow certain instructions to install Mac OS X from the installation media. It’s not complicated but it’s not straight forward either. You can view these instructions on the VMware website:
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This quick little fix has been working for me on two virtual machines running Mac OS X 10.10. In the two weeks I’ve been running them I’ve yet to have any issues, performance or otherwise, with using this fix or using the virtual machines. I hope this article helps solve the issue of running Mac OS X on non-certified non-Apple hardware.