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 nameĥ. Open a datastore (Configuration > Hardware > Storage) by right-clicking it and selecting 'Browse Datastore.'Ĥ. Connect directly to your ESXi host instead of vCenterģ.
Select the monterey.iso and click on Open. Then click on Upload Navigate to the directory where you created the monterey.iso. Click on Datastore Browser Select the Datastore Select the folder you'll place the. Have a look at it here or try out version 2 which supports Workstation 11, Player 7 Fusion 7 and ESXi 6.ĭisclaimer: The following process potentially violates Apple’s End User License Agreement for macOS. Login to your ESXi host Navigate to Storage and select the Datastore you want to place the. For example, an OS X VM will shut down if you try to start it on a Windows host.) Show activity on this post. (Note that OS X has some secret sauce which prevents it from booting unmodified on VMs which are not hosted on Macs. Power off the macOS VM and click Edit to open the virtual machine’s settings. According to VMware, it's possible to install Mavericks in ESXi 5.5. To setup VMware Tools on VMware ESXi, follow the steps below in order.
#INSTALL MAC OS ON VMWARE ESXI 6 HOW TO#
How to Setup VMware Tools for macOS High Sierra 10.13.4/5/6 on vSphere 6.7U2/6.5.
#INSTALL MAC OS ON VMWARE ESXI 6 MAC OS X#
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). In this article, we will install macOS VMware Tools on vSphere. In this video I'll show you how to install Mac OS X El Capitan on ESXi.This tutorial will also be more or less the same if you are using Workstation, Player. UPDATE 18/10/16: Changed to support 10.12įor one reason or another you need macOS on ESXi tells you that it isn't possible unless your host is a Mac itself.