How to mount .iso to vmware vsphere client
How to Copy, Add or Upload an ISO to a DATASTORE in VMware vSphere [ESXi + vCenter 7.0]
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hey my name is Emilio from digital bike
computing today we're going to go
through the simple steps on how to get
an ISO file whatever it may be an
installation of Windows of Linux of ESXi
we want to get that ISO into VMware when
you go through those steps today very
very easy to do before we do that please
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those steps right now so I work in IT
and I absolutely love it and today the
simple steps on how to get a ISO and ISO
file really a file into your VMware
environment we're going to do this from
my Mac I'm going to log into my Mac if
you're on Mac Windows or Linux the
process is exactly the same we're gonna
get into our web browser and we've got
an ISO on our computer on a server
whatever it may be connected that ESXi
host via browser so that we can then
upload it into VM web so here we are
connected to our computer now the first
thing is we want to connect directly to
an ESXi host which is what I'm doing or
you can do this by connecting into V
Center through a browser via the IP
address so either of the two will work
I'm just going to log in as root
directly to my host and I'm presented my
standard login screen that is connected
directly to my host in this case through
V Center it'll be slightly different
with all your hosts listed now what we
want to do is we want to access the
storage area through this vSphere
environment through the actual um that
web portal so under here I've got just
the one data store you may have multiple
data stores but we want to select one
data store that you're going to be using
to upload an I so you could have some
windows installers some linux installers
you could have a version of ESXi what we
want to do is you want to right-click on
that data store and select browse and
within here what you're gonna see is you
gonna see a number of folders that
contain your VM so if your data store is
empty it'll look like it does right here
because I don't have anything in this
data store if your data store contains
virtual machines which it may you'll
have folders here corresponding to the
names of your virtual machines what I
like to do is I'd like to create a new
folder with
my data store and actually I call it
ISOs that way I know that all of my ISOs
all live within here this is where I'm
storing them all they're all in the one
location to makes it that makes it very
very easy so let's just select ISOs the
next step is now we select upload
now the aissatou that you're going to be
uploading into here needs to be on the
computer that you are using to connect
into this ESXi host so if you're if you
have an ISO on a server for example then
from the server try to get into the ESXi
host and log in and then upload it that
way otherwise you copy that I soaked
onto your computer and connect to the
ESXi host that way you then select ISO
and it's going to browse you to your
Windows Explorer on Windows or the
finder on your Mac you then navigate to
that ISO file I've selected my ISO file
right here which is a actual VMware
installer of ESXi 7.0 so I can select
that and say choose and now that process
will begin where it's uploading that ISO
so that is now complete
under data store o1 under the ISS follow
that there is now an ISO file for my
VMware ESXi 7 installation now that is
ready to go so the next step is then I
can now create a VM I can use an
existing VM and I can mount the ISO as a
CD DVD Drive we want to go through it in
detail but in summary let's say I'm
going to create a brand new VM create a
new VM we'll just call it test VM we'll
leave everything the same next standard
we could leave all this default right
now here's where it's important you can
do this in two spots you can do this
under the customize settings area under
cd/dvd drive right here I can select
data store ISO file or I can do it later
on so for example I'm building a brand
new VM and I want to use that ISO and
now mount off that ISO to be able to
install a VM I can select the data store
ISO file right from here navigate to the
data store navigate to ISOs navigate to
that ISO and say select next you'll see
that down the bottom and that cd/dvd
drive there is my ISO and finish so here
is now the shell of that VM that I just
built and now when I start it up it'll
automatically boot and mount that ISO
that we've
just uploaded if it's an existing VM you
just right-click on that VM go into edit
settings and then you just navigate to
the cd/dvd and navigate to that ISO as
before so there you have it hopefully
you were successful in getting that
ISO into the data store and then be able
to use that ISO to be able to do
whatever you need to do in VMware
whether it be build a new VM or upload
some other files and data into an
existing VM please like comment below
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