Adding the async driver to the ESXi installation ISO bundle in ESXi
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Adding the async driver to the ESXi installation ISO bundle in ESXi

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Article ID: 324527

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Products

VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

Redirect to KB 2005205

Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi 6.0
VMware vSphere ESXi 5.0
VMware vSphere ESXi 5.5
VMware vSphere ESXi 5.1

Resolution

 
To add async drivers to the ESXi installation ISO bundle:
  1. Launch the vSphere 5.x PowerCLI command line.
  2. Extract the contents of the async driver zip file and identify the offline-bundle.zip files(s).
  3. Use the Add-ESXSoftwareDepot commandlet to add both the ESXi offline bundle and async offline bundle as depots.

    For example:

    Add-EsxSoftwareDepot C:\path\to\new-async-driver-offline-bundle.zip, C:\path\to\esxi-offline-bundle.zip

    Example for ESXi 5.0:

    Add-EsxSoftwareDepot C:\path\to\new-async-driver-offline-bundle.zip, C:\path\to\VMware-ESXi-5.0.0-469512-depot.zip

    Example for ESXi 5.0 Update 1:

    Add-EsxSoftwareDepot C:\path\to\new-async-driver-offline-bundle.zip, C:\path\to\update-from-esxi5.0-5.0_update01.zip

    You see output similar to:

    Depot Url
    ---------
    zip:C:\path\to\new-async-driver-offline-bundle.zip?index.xml
    zip:C:\VMware-ESXi-5.0.0-469512-depot.zip?index.xml
     
  4. Verify that the async driver is now available as a software package.

    For example:

    Get-EsxSoftwarePackage

    You see output similar to:

    Name Version Vendor Release Date
    ------------------- ------- ---------- ------------
    driver-package-name 1.2.3.4 vendorname mm/dd/yyyy
     
  5. Clone an existing image profile:
     
    1. Use the Get-EsxImageProfile commandlet to list available image profiles.

      For example:

      Get-EsxImageProfile

      You see output similar to:

      Name Vendor Last Modified Acceptance
      -------------------------- ------ ------------- ---------------
      ESXi-5.0.0-456551-standard VMware mm/dd/yyyy PartnerSupported
      ESXi-5.0.0-456551-no-tools VMware mm/dd/yyyy PartnerSupported
       
    2. Clone an existing available image profile by specifying a new name for the profile.

      For example:

      New-EsxImageProfile -CloneProfile ESXi-5.0.0-456551-standard -name NewAsyncProfile -Vendor MyCorp

      You see output similar to:

      Name Vendor Last Modified Acceptance Level
      --------------- ------ ------------- ----------------
      NewAsyncProfile MyCorp mm/dd/yyyy PartnerSupported
       
  6. Use the Add-EsxSoftwarePackage commandlet to add the async driver to the new image profile, specifying the package name from step 5.

    For example:

    Add-EsxSoftwarePackage -ImageProfile NewAsyncProfile -SoftwarePackage driver-package-name

    You see output similar to:

    Name Vendor Last Modified Acceptance Level
    --------------- ------ ------------- ----------------
    NewAsyncProfile VMware today PartnerSupported
     
  7. Export the new image profile. Run the Export-EsxImageProfile command to export the image profile as an ISO.

    For example:

    Export-EsxImageProfile -ImageProfile NewAsyncProfile -ExportToISO -filepath C:\NewAsyncProfile.iso
     
  8. If necessary, burn the ISO to a new CD. Use the CD or ISO to boot the server and install ESXi. Follow the normal installation procedures.


Additional Information

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