Vsphere For Mac Os

  

Esxi install mac os x macOS vmware UPDATE 18/10/16: Changed to support 10.12 For one reason or another you need macOS on ESXi tells you that it isn't possible unless your host is a Mac itself. Run Nearly Any Operating System on a Mac. VMs can be easily transferred from the vSphere data center to the Mac desktop and then run in Fusion. Develop and Test for Any Platform. Fusion makes it simple to test nearly any OS and app on a Mac. Build and test apps in a sandbox while securely sharing local source files and folders. If you are using a Linux-based pc or Mac OS X and want to manage a vSphere-environment then you might ask yourself the question if there is a native OS-version of the vSphere. VMware is the global leader in virtualization software, providing desktop and server virtualization products for virtual infrastructure solutions. While there are other considerations and benefits associated in migrating your physical servers to VMs, the main focus of this article is on how to virtualize macOS so it is hosted on the VMware.

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UPDATE 18/10/16: Changed to support 10.12

For one reason or another you need macOS on ESXi tells you that it isn't possible unless your host is a Mac itself. That isn't particularly true...

The ESXi Unlocker

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Thanks to Donk over at InsanelyMac, a patch has been created to install macOS on ESXi (5.5 only) but also supports Workstation (8, 9, 10), Player (4, 5, 6) and Fusion (4, 5, 6). Have a look at it here or try out version 2 which supports Workstation 11, Player 7 Fusion 7 and ESXi 6.

Disclaimer: The following process potentially violates Apple’s End User License Agreement for macOS. Please check the Agreement before following these steps.

Setup

Here is my current setup and what I have:

  • Whitebox ESXi host
  • macOS Sierra 10.12 (but any will work) - NOTE: lags heaps but can be slightly tolerable with the beamoff application.

Install the Unlocker Patch

For this, I used the Windows vSphere client instead of the web client

1. Connect directly to your ESXi host instead of vCenter

2. Unzip the unlock-all-v130.zip file

Vsphere For Mac Os

3. Open a datastore (Configuration > Hardware > Storage) by right-clicking it and selecting 'Browse Datastore...'

4. Copy the 'esxi' folder to the datastore by selecting 'Upload Folder' making note of the warning of replacing any existing folders you may have with the same name

5. Enable and connect to SSH on the host (Configuration > Software > Security Profile > Services > Properties > SSH > Options > Start > OK)

6. Change directory over to your VMFS datastore

7. I recommend changing the name of the unlocker's folder to something else such as osx_unlocker

8. Go into the unlocker folder afterwards

9. Make the install and uninstall file executable

10. Run the install script file

11. Reboot your ESXi host

Create the ISO image

If you have 10.9 or greater, you will need a Mac to create the ISO.

If you have a Mac or using 10.9 and greater

For macOS or OS X 10.6 to 10.12, you can use this Mac only script to create the ISO if the InstallESD.img or Install.app is in the Applications folder: https://gist.github.com/calvinbui/3cc1594d85583077a88d6d60eac01aa8

Windows/Linux

Only supports 10.8 and below.

Vsphere For Mac Os
  1. Download OS X installation however you wish. Apple provide it free on their Mac App Store such as this: Yosemite Installation
  2. Browse the 'Install OS X.app' and extract the InstallESD.dmg file under /Contents/SharedSupport/
  3. Follow one of the options below depending on your operating system:

Windows - Convert the DMG file to an ISO using dmg2img. I used version 1.65.

Linux (Ubuntu) - Convert the DMG to ISO also using dmg2img (sudoapt-get install dmg2img)

Create the Virtual Machine and Install

Make sure to select Apple Mac OS X as your Guest Operating System.

Power on the VM and mount the ISO image to install.

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If you get the error 'darwin11_64guest is not supported', try starting the VM directly from the host instead of vCenter.