Download ESXi Software
and VIBs
In order to image your servers, you need to download an ESXi ISO
and any vSphere Installation Bundles (VIBs) required to get the servers to a
supported version of ESXi. See the BOM section of the
VMware
Cloud Foundation
Release Notes for information about ESXi support.
You can download the ISO and VIBs from VMware Customer Connect to any location on the Windows
machine that is connected to the
VMware Cloud Builder appliance
. Make sure to record the MD5 or SHA-1 checksums. You will need them when
you upload the ISO/VIB to the VMware Imaging
Appliance service
. If the required version of ESXi does not have an
ISO available on VMware Customer Connect, you can create one. See Create a Custom ISO Image for ESXi. In order to
upload a user-created custom ISO for use with the VMware Imaging Appliance, you must provide
an MD5 checksum. You can use an MD5 utility to generate a checksum for user-created custom
ISOs.