How to Install VMware vSphere Hypervisor 8.0 - Start to finish ESXi 8

It's been almost 2 years since we released our 'How to install ESXi 7' video, and with #VMware releasing #ESXi 8, we think it's high time we release an updated video on how to install it! We hope it helps you get started with #virtualization and your #homelab! Make sure to let us know what you think and what you'd like to see next! We'll walk you through the entire process of installing VMware vSphere Hypervisor 8.0 (ESXi), from download to install to building your first virtual machine. ESXi 8.0 is the latest hypervisor from VMware, and you can run it totally free! This video will walk you through installing, configuring, and then creating your first VM on your new ESXi 8 host. This video is long, so use the timestamps to get around if you're looking for something specific. Shout out to all of our #homelabbers out there! We hope this helps! #homelab

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0:00 Introduction
0:15 What we'll cover in this video
0:38 Minimum Requirements for VMware ESXi 8.0
1:30 How to download a copy of VMware ESXi 8.0
2:42 How to create a bootable USB stick to install VMware ESXi 8.0
4:08 How to install VMware ESXi 8.0 on your computer
10:18 Walkthrough of management in VMware ESXi 8 Web management UI
11:47 How to setup autostart in VMware ESXi 8
12:16 How to configure VMware ESXi 8 to use NTP for date and time
13:31 How to add a license to VMware ESXi 8
14:15 How to start and stop services in VMware ESXi 8
16:53 Walkthrough of monitoring in VMware ESXi 8 Web management UI
18:58 Walkthrough of the Virtual Machines, Storage, and Virtual Networks in VMware ESXi 8 Web management UI
19:39 How to create a new datastore in VMware ESXi 8
21:17 How to rename a datastore in VMware ESXi 8
21:41 Overview of Virtual Networks in VMware ESXi 8
23:59 How to create a virtual machine in VMware ESXi 8
28:52 Closing! Thanks for watching!

[GuysTek]

As of today (February 12, 2024) VMware ESXi free is no longer available. 😰

[PoeLemic]

Yes, I loved your original video, and it tutored me on how to install it onto my system. So, I'll watch this and see if there are many changes -- or GOTTA-YA's. Thanks for your great content.

[digitalintellect]

Insightful video.
Got it to install on my 'ancient' Ryzen 1700x CPU with an activated license key to boot.

[robertmorrison]

Nice simple tutorial. Short and sweet. You’re right on the money with your information.

[IanGSully]

I actually upgraded to VMware vSphere ESXi 8 a couple months ago, and the UI Change is very nice! Yesterday I updated the Hypervisor to 8.0b.

[ruturaj]

You have been SUPER HELPFUL. Thanks a lot for such an easy explanation.

[JasonsLabVideos]

I’m first, have to grab a coffee then enjoy this awesome content.

[rohitbuchake]

Thank you so much Very informative Video.

[kevinw]

I followed the instructions on this and installed to an NVME, however any settings I change on the host client are never saved after a reboot. Any ideas?

[nzdefrag]

@2GuysTek thank you for the video. This Christmas break I am migrating our 3 host servers from Windows Server 2019/Hyper-V to ESXi 8 VMWare
Exciting.. I have been expecting this change, and our company is big enough now to require the ditch of Microsoft as our Hypervisor.

[pavanbharathan]

Very nice bro This is how it should ...can you please do vsan witness appliance. It will be really helpful for my job.

[SuburbanBBQ]

Another fantastic tutorial! Thanks for putting this together. I wonder if my old T7600 will run ESXi 8.

[christiansalvationist]

i have a hp proliant dl380 gen 9 server, how do i insert 4 rams into

[mysticrobo_]

Why are we creating the boot stick using MBR instead of GPT?

[jmemusic]

Another thing that should be said here: if you want to install Windows 11 with TPM support, then you will need vCenter, which is included in vSphere, which is not on the free ESXi. Off course, you can always bypass TMP, but this is not a viable solution on a company, where there are compliance rules.

[JPEaglesandKatz]

OK well vsphere won't run anyway as I haven't found any guides on how to integrate the fling driver for it. They are all old esxi versions...

[FredRobich]

Awesome video! I tried getting mine setup only to find out Realtek network drivers aren't supported... I gotta shop around lol

[jmemusic]

19:39 > Here it must be added that if the disk has data on it, then it won't be recognized by ESXi. I had two SSDs an in one of them, I installed ESXi. The other had an old Ubuntu installation that I wanted to delete. I thought that I could delete it on ESXi and add it as a Datastore, but it wasn't listed at all.

Then I logged into SSH and I could see that the second SSD was indeed enabled. I tried somethings that I found on the forums, but it didn't work.

Then I decided to go to the BIOS and secure erase the second SSD. I started EXSi and then it was recognized.

[didierdel]

Bonjour, toujours le meme souci avec ESXi, avec l'affichage d'erreur, "no network adapters". Je me suis tourner vers Proxmox, et aucun soucis d'installation sur mon Dell T3500.

[MwishaLudack]

License key is no longer provided, you only have an option to evaluate esxi 8.0 for 60 days.