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            <h1>Running a MacOS 11 Big Sur on VMware ESXi</h1>
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          <h2>Downloads and Configuring ESXi</h2>

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	<li>Download a MacOS Big Sur .iso <a href="https://archive.org/search.php?query=MacOS%20Collection&amp;and[]=mediatype%3A%22software%22" target="_blank">Download</a></li>
	<li>Download Unlocker for VMware ESXi <a href="https://github.com/hugepants/esxi-unlocker/releases/" target="_blank">Download</a></li>
	<li>Download WinSCP <a href="https://winscp.net/eng/downloads.php" target="_blank">Download</a></li>
	<li>Extract the downloaded Unlocker for VMware ESXi</li>
	<li>Rename the extracted folder unlocker</li>
	<li>Log into the ESXi web UI</li>
	<li>Enable the SSH service by selecting Actions &gt; Services &gt; Enable Secure Shell (SSH)</li>
	<li>Extract WinSCP and run the executable</li>
	<li>Connect to the ESXi host IP address via WinSCP</li>
	<li>Copy the extracted Unlocker folder to the ESXi host /root directory</li>
	<li>Connect to the ESXi host via SSH</li>
	<li>Run the following commands to install ESXi Unlocker
	<div class="codeBlock"># change directory to unlocker<br />
	cd /unlocker<br />
	# make the install script executable<br />
	chmod +x ./esxi-install.sh<br />
	# run the install script<br />
	./esxi-install.sh<br />
	# reboot esxi host<br />
	reboot</div>
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<h2>Creating the Big Sur VM</h2>

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	<li>Log into the ESXi web UI</li>
	<li>In the left navigation pane, right click on Virtual Machines &gt; Create/Register VM</li>
	<li>Select Create a new virtual machine &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>Name the VM MacOS 11 &gt; Set the Guest OS family to Mac OS and Guest OS Version to Apple MacOS 10.14 (64-bit) &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>Select the storage datastore to use &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>Set the Memory to at least 4096</li>
	<li>Set Hard disk 1 to 50 GB or more &gt; Expand Hard disk 1 and make sure the </li>
	<li>Expand CD/DVD Drive 1 &gt; Make sure Datastore ISO file is selected &gt; Click Browse next to the CD/DVD Media field</li>
	<li>Click Upload &gt; Browse to and select the Mac OS installation ISO</li>
	<li>Once the upload completes, click the Mac OS ISO to highlight it &gt; Click Select</li>
	<li>Back on the Hardware customization screen click Next</li>
	<li>Review the summary provided and click Finish Click the new MacOS 11 VM Click Power on at the top of the page</li>
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<h2>Installing MacOS Big Sur</h2>

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	<li>After an initialization sequence the MAC OS Setup should start</li>
	<li>Select a Language &gt; Click the next arrow</li>
	<li>Select Disk Utility</li>
	<li>Select the VMware Virtual SATA Hard Drive Media &gt; Click Erase</li>
	<li>Name the drive OS11 &gt; Set the Format to APFS &gt; Click Erase</li>
	<li>Click Done &gt; Close Disk Utility</li>
	<li>Click Install macOS Big Sur</li>
	<li>Click Continue &gt; Click Agree &gt; Click Agree again</li>
	<li>Select the OS11 disk &gt; Click Install</li>
	<li>Wait while Mac OS installs files, the VM will reboot several times</li>
	<li>Select your Country &gt; Click Continue</li>
	<li>Confirm your languages and keyboard layout &gt; Click Continue</li>
	<li>Click Not Now on the Accessibility screen</li>
	<li>Click Continue on the Data &amp; Privacy screen</li>
	<li>Select Not Now on the Migration Assistant screen</li>
	<li>Select Set Up Later and then Skip on the Apple ID screen</li>
	<li>Click Agree &gt; Agree again</li>
	<li>Enter a name, user name, password &gt; Click Continue</li>
	<li>Click Customize Settings</li>
	<li>Click Continue &gt; Select Use or Don&#39;t Use for Location Services</li>
	<li>Pick a timezone &gt; Click Continue</li>
	<li>Choose whether to share analytics with Apple &gt; Click Continue</li>
	<li>Click Set Up Later on the Screen Time screen</li>
	<li>Uncheck the Enable Ask Siri box &gt; Click Continue</li>
	<li>Pick a theme &gt; Click Continue</li>
	<li>Welcome to MacOS 11 Big sur</li>
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<h2>Install VMware Tools (optional, but recommended)</h2>

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	<li>Download MacOS Unlocker for VMware Workstation <a href="https://github.com/paolo-projects/auto-unlocker/releases" target="_blank">Download</a></li>
	<li>Extract the downloaded .zip file</li>
	<li>Navigate into the extracted folder</li>
	<li>Hold SHIFT and right click in the white space &gt; Open PowerShell window here...</li>
	<li>Run the following command to download VMware Tools for MacOS
	<div class="codeBlock PS">.\unlocker.exe --download-tools</div>
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	<li>Back in the ESXi web UI select Storage from the left navigation menu</li>
	<li>Click the Datastore browser icon at the top of the main content pane</li>
	<li>Click Upload &gt; Browse to and select the darwin.iso</li>
	<li>Once the upload completes click Close to close out of the Datastore browser</li>
	<li>Select the MacOS 11 VM &gt; Actions &gt; Edit settings</li>
	<li>Attach darwin.iso to CD/DVD drive 1</li>
	<li>Inside the VM, double click the mounted VMware tools and run the installer</li>
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