Archive for VCP5.5 Virtual Lab Setup Guide

Creating vSphere 5.5 Virtual Lab Environment – Part 7

Step 15 – Verifying all components

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Creating vSphere 5.5 Virtual Lab Environment – Part 6

Step 14 – Installing vCenter Server

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Creating vSphere 5.5 Virtual Lab Environment – Part 5

Step 13 –Configuring ESXi Server Network Settings

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Creating vSphere 5.5 Virtual Lab Environment – Part 4

Step 8 – Creating Openfiler VM

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Creating vSphere 5.5 Virtual Lab Environment – Part 3

Step 4 – Preparing DC

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Creating vSphere 5.5 Virtual Lab Environment – Part 2

Step 2 – Creating ESXi Server VMs.

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Creating vSphere 5.5 Virtual Lab Environment – Part 1

I’ve finally decided to make another instruction on how to setup virtual lab environment for vSphere 5.5. As the previous instruction was based on vSphere 5.0 and there has been few changed to the vSphere environment setup requirement and architecture, I thought another instruction may be necessary.

Tools you need

  1. Laptop/Desktop with minimum of 12GB RAM (16GB or more is preferable)
  2. VMware Workstation 10 ( Can be done with other editions but the instruction is based on 10)
  3. Windows 2008 x64 ISO (This will be used by vCenter Server and Domain Controller)
  4. Windows 2003 x32 ISO (This can be used in Lab, you use other OS you wish)
  5. vCenter Server 5.5 Windows Edition ISO (I am using VMware-VIMSetup-all-5.5.0-1476387-20131201.iso)
  6. ESXi 5.5 ISO (I am using VMware-VMvisor-Installer-5.5.0-1331820.x86_64.iso)
  7. Openfiler ISO (I am using openfileresa-2.99.1-x86_64-disc1.iso)

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Network Diagram

vSphere5.5VirtualLabDiagram

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