0ct0pu5
/
tutorials


			
				
					
						
						
							123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120
							    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <head>
        <title>Running a MacOS 11 Big Sur on VMware ESXi</title>
        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
        <meta charset="UTF-8">
        <meta name="keywords" content="MacOS Big Sur VMware ESXi,Big Sur VMware ESXi,Big Sur Virtual Machine,MacOS Virtual Machine,VMware,Hypervisor,MacOS,Apple,Big Sur,Mac OS 11,VM,Virtual Machine,Virtualization,Mac OSX,Install Guide,ESXi 6,ESXi 7,ESXi,VSphere,MacOS Big Sur,MacOS VM,Big Sur VM,Home Lab,Home Lab Ideas,OS 11,How To,Tutorial,i12bretro">
        <meta name="author" content="i12bretro">
        <meta name="description" content="Running a MacOS 11 Big Sur on VMware ESXi">
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
        <meta name="revised" content="11/09/2022 01:46:26 PM" />
				          <link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="includes/favicon.ico">
				  <script type="text/javascript" src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.5.1.min.js"></script>
				        <script type="text/javascript" src="includes/js/steps.js"></script>
        <link href="css/steps.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
      </head>
      <body>
        <div id="gridContainer">
          <div class="topMargin"></div>
          <div id="listName" class="topMargin">
            <h1>Running a MacOS 11 Big Sur on VMware ESXi</h1>
          </div>
          <div></div>
          <div id="content">
          <h2>Downloads and Configuring ESXi</h2>

<ol>
	<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://drive.google.com/open?id=1vTPELaHXokz-LljB9s3rA3fM947tZxhR" 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>
	</li>
</ol>

<h2>Creating the Big Sur VM</h2>

<ol>
	<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>
</ol>

<h2>Installing MacOS Big Sur</h2>

<ol>
	<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>
</ol>

<h2>Install VMware Tools (optional, but recommended)</h2>

<ol>
	<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>
	</li>
	<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>
</ol>          </div>
        </div>
      </body>
    </html>