One of the great things with VMware is the ability to install on old/unsupported hardware. This is great for home labs etc. where we can’t always afford the nice stuff and live on old hand-me-downs. Now installing is fairly easy
Find connected CD-ROM on VMware via PowerCLI
Was already in the One Liners, but needed again. So slight variation. After doing Connect-VIServer… Or to export to csv
VMware Power-CLI quick setup
New profile/new machine. Quick steps to be able to get up and running without hitting all the errors Install Power-CLI Install-Module VMware.PowerCLI -Scope CurrentUser Link: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.esxi.install.doc/GUID-F02D0C2D-B226-4908-9E5C-2E783D41FE2D.html Because without it you can’t run PowerCLI cmdlets Set Execution Policy Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Undefined