■ESXi5.5を物理マシンに導入する。 制限は多いけれど、vSphere5から無償製品として無期限で使用出来る。 VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.5 https://my.vmware.com/jp/web/vmware/evalcenter?p=free-esxi5&lp=default ■HW要件のためのモデルの確認方法 $ sudo dmidecode | grep "Product Name" ■EFI対応なので、今回は素直にCD-Rに焼いてインストール。 debian lennyでDVD-Rを焼く http://d.hatena.ne.jp/labunix/20120106 $ dd if=VMware-VMvisor-Installer-5.5.0.update01-1623387.x86_64.iso \ bs=4K skip=8 count=2 2> /dev/null | strings | sed s/" *"//g CD001 ESXI-5.5.0-20140302001-STANDARD ESXIMAGE2014022202162235 2014022202162235 2014022202162235 2014022202162235 CD001 EL TORITO SPECIFICATION $ dd if=VMware-VMvisor-Installer-5.5.0.update01-1623387.x86_64.iso bs=512 skip=80 count=1 2> /dev/null | hexdump -C 00000000 01 00 00 00 00 15 00 01 00 00 03 00 00 00 00 18 |................| 00000010 00 01 45 46 49 00 07 00 00 00 00 1a 00 01 55 50 |..EFI.........UP| 00000020 47 52 41 44 45 00 04 00 00 00 00 19 00 02 42 4f |GRADE.........BO| 00000030 4f 54 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |OT..............| 00000040 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| * 00000200 ■GPTですか。。。 $ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdb WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sdb'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted. Disk /dev/sdb: 61.9 GB, 61918150656 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7527 cylinders, total 120933888 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0xc3072e18 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 1 120933887 60466943+ ee GPT ■バックアップは楽ですけどね。 $ sudo dd if=/dev/sdb of=ESXi5.5.img
