Wednesday, October 30, 2013

How to create bootable USB for VMware ESX 5.x installation

How to create a bootable USB disk for VMware ESX 5.x installation          


One question that I get asked a lot is how to create a bootable USB disk especially for installation for ESX and Linux distros. There are probably multiple ways to do this but I effectly use a free tool call UNetbootin, this utility has binaries for Windows, Linux and Mac so works great whatever your desktop of choice, now burning CDs becomes a thing of the past.
1. Download UNetbootin and run the software (WindowsMac OS XLinux).
2. Download the VMware vSphere 5 ISO file -> VMware Download Center.
3. Start the UNetbootin application and choose Diskimage (ISO) and browse to the downloaded ISO file.

4. Choose Type: USB Drive and choose the correct USB drive letter that you want the bootable installer to be installed to.
5. You are now done! Just make sure you select the correct boot sequence in your BIOS so that the USB drive boots first.

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Manage SCCM 2012 remotely?

Installed AdminConsole.msi from the SCCM 2012 server.
on SCCM 2012 file locaiton C:\Program Files\Microsoft Configuration Manager\tools\ConsoleSetup.msi



Via network path \\SCCM2012\SMS_P01\tools\ConsoleSetup