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With the USB installer inserted, boot the Mac holding option and follow the prompts. Note: Start by creating an installer that is compatible with your host Mac. Create a Bootable ESXi 7 USB Installer on macOS.Create a Bootable ESXi 6.X Installer USB Flash Drive on macOS.Create an EXSi USB InstallerĬheck out these very detailed guides on VirtuallyWired, complete with pictures and terminal output: macOS 11 Big Sur 🤷‍♂️ - virtuallyGhetto has a post with it running on ESXi 6.7.macOS 10.15 Catalina - Minimum virtualhw.version = "15" requires ESXi 6.7 Update 3 ( VMWare KB Article).macOS 10.14 Mojave - Minimum virtualhw.version = "14" requires ESXi 6.7.Newer versions of macOS require a higher virtualhw.version, which in turn, require a higher ESXi version. The main reason you would do this is guest VM OS compatibility. If however, you are using an older hand-me-down Mac, you have the option to hack a newer version of ESXi onto unsupported hardware - which is very achievable. If your host Mac supports the latest ESXi, then just install that and forget about this hot mess. When you create VMs, you may need to add monitor.allowLegac圜PU = “true” in the.If the edit was successful it will bypass the incompatible CPU warning.Before rebooting to apply the update, edit the /altbootbank/boot.cfg file, append allowLegac圜PU=true to the kernelopt line.SSH in and use the esxicli to upgrade to desired ESXi version.Install the highest supported ESXi version for your hardware.

I’m also interested to try PatchBot, just announced for vJNUC2020. Automated macOS testing workflows using a combination of AutoDMG, vFuse, VMWare for testing packages, DEP and beta releases.The plan for this new-old Mac is to host daily workflows: So, what can a free computer get you these days: Mac Pro (Mid 2010) MacPro5,1 While old, it was a beefy Mac Pro with great specs for visualising macOS VMs, and I’ve needed an always-on workhorse for Mac Admin and Jamf Pro tasks. And so began my journey to install ESXi 7.0 and get Big Sur running on a Mac from 2010. I like the idea of giving new life to an old Mac, the only issue with this free computer, was that it doesn’t run new software - but we can fix that.

Recently I was offered a free “ decommissioned” Mac Pro (Mid 2010) to re-purpose as I pleased. Reviving a Mac Pro 5,1 for ESXi 6.7 or 7.0