---
title: "Nested VMware ESXi 6.0 installation guide"
date: "2015-03-19T15:44:08Z"
tags: ["ESXi"]
categories: ["VMware"]
---
![Nested VMware ESXi 6.0 installation guide][1]
VMware released vSphere version 6.0 and starting with this post I will cover installation of various vSphere 6.0 components. In first post I will cover installation of nested ESXi 6.0 running on VMware ESXi 5.5 as main platform.
# Installing VMware ESXi 6.0
I am using fresh ISO **VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.0.0-2494585.x86_64.iso**.
Let's start with installation of ESXi 6.0
## Virtual Machine setup
1. Click **New Virtual Machine**.
![VMware ESXi 6.0 as nested virtual machine - Create New Virtual Machine][2]
2. Choose **Create a new virtual machine** from wizard.
![VMware ESXi 6.0 as nested virtual machine - New virtual machine wizard][3]
3. Give Virtual Machine meaningful name and if necessary place it in appropriate folder.
![VMware ESXi 6.0 as nested virtual machine - Name virtual machine][4]
4. Select compute resource.
![VMware ESXi 6.0 as nested virtual machine - select compute resource][5]
5. Select appropriate datastore.
![VMware ESXi 6.0 as nested virtual machine - select datastore][6]
6. Choose virtual machine version.
![Mware ESXi 6.0 as nested virtual machine - choose virtual machine version][7]
7. Select guest OS - Linux, Other Linux (64-bit).
![VMware ESXi 6.0 as nested virtual machine - select guest os][8]
8. In Customize hardware section select following settings:
1. CPU - 2 vCPU
2. Memory - 8GB
3. Hard disk - 2GB
4. Network - E1000
![VMware ESXi 6.0 as nested virtual machine - customize hardware][9]
9. In CPU section select **Expose the NX/XD flag to guest** and **Expose hardware assisted virtualization to the guest OS**.
![VMware ESXi 6.0 as nested virtual machine - advanced CPU settings][10]
10. On the **Ready to complete** screen review your settings and click Finish.
![VMware ESXi 6.0 as nested virtual machine - ready to complete][11]
## Installing ESXi 6.0
Installation of ESXi 6.0 is really simple and can be done in few steps.
1. Mount ISO to Virtual Machine and power it on.
![Nested ESXi 6.0 installation - 1][12]
2. Click enter and wait for ESXi installer to boot.
![Nested ESXi 6.0 installation - 2][13]
3. Click enter to start installation.
![Nested ESXi 6.0 installation - 3][14]
4. Click **F11** to accept EULA.
![Nested ESXi 6.0 installation - 4][15]
5. Select previously created disk.
![Nested ESXi 6.0 installation - 5][16]
6. Select keyboard layout and press enter to continue.
![Nested ESXi 6.0 installation - 6][17]
7. Enter a root password and click enter.
![Nested ESXi 6.0 installation - 7][18]
8. After a moment on last screen press **F11** to install ESXi 6.0.
![Nested ESXi 6.0 installation - 8][19]
9. Wait a moment until installer does its job.
![Nested ESXi 6.0 installation - 9][20]
10. Remove the installation disk before rebooting and click enter.
![Nested ESXi 6.0 installation - 10][21]
11. After reboot we have almost fully operational ESXi 6.0.
![Nested ESXi 6.0 installation - 11][22]
12. After configuration of ESXi with IP address we can login into it using vSphere Client.
![Nested ESXi 6.0 installation - 12][23]
13. I installed quickly Windows Server 2012 R2 and it is working perfectly fine.
![Nested ESXi 6.0 installation - 13][24]
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