https://www.nakivo.com/blog/install-esxi-hyper-v/
https://dscottraynsford.wordpress.com/2016/04/22/install-a-vmware-esxi-6-0-hypervisor-in-a-hyper-v-vm/
https://www.vembu.com/blog/installing-esxi-6-0-in-a-hyper-v-virtual-machine/
https://vibsdepot.v-front.de/wiki/index.php/Net-tulip
https://www.v-front.de/p/esxi-customizer-ps.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerCLI
https://rlevchenko.com/2018/01/11/how-to-customize-a-vmware-esxi-image-and-install-it-in-a-hyper-v-vm/
https://derflounder.wordpress.com/2018/05/15/upgrading-from-esxi-6-5-to-esxi-6-7-via-ssh-and-esxcli/
https://www.reddit.com/r/vmware/comments/99kiy0/running_vmware_esxi_under_hyperv_2016_lab/
https://tinkertry.com/easy-update-to-esxi-67
https://www.vladan.fr/how-to-upgrade-esxi-6-x-to-6-7-via-iso/
https://www.vladan.fr/upgrade-esxi-6-x-to-6-7-via-cli-two-methods/
https://justinbraun.com/2019/01/upgrading-my-home-lab-from-esxi-6-0-to-esxi-6-7/
https://www.stephenwagner.com/2016/12/07/vmware-vsphere-6-5-conflicting-vibs-when-upgrading-esxi-6-0-to-6-5/
https://help.macstadium.com/articles/update-standalone-esxi-host-via-online-bundle
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you may use the esxcli software profile update command to preserve the VIBs"
https://www.v-front.de/2013/09/how-to-update-your-standalone-host-to.html
SOLUTION TO NETWORK PROBLEMS:
https://communities.vmware.com/thread/511875?start=15&tstart=0
"I finally made it!
The second issue I was having was a distraction: when I rebuilt the ESXi from scratch (VM itself), I forgot to enable the MAC Spoofing
I've been showing it on the phone for like 30 minutes to a colleague of mine, you know, a couple of eyes more and when he asked to see the VM configuration I realized myself what was missing. Basically when I firstly had this set up, it didn't work because I didn't have mac spoofing, promiscuous mode and a legacy adapter on the 2k12 machine. Then I had all done as you guys suggested but then by mistake I forgot about the spoofing..
So, to make it short I:
- Removed the two standard virtual NICs from the DHCP/DC/DNS W2K12 VM and add Legacy NICs. [No need to enable MAC Address Spoofing on these two network cards]
- Created the ESXi in Hyper-V and make sure each NIC was a Legacy NIC. Furthermore, I enabled MAC spoofing in the advanced features tab.
- Connected the first one to EXT01
- Connected the second one to INT01
- Third on to INT02
- Removed, from the ESXi in Hyper-V, all Integration Services (kind of useless to keep them on, I only left the volume checkpoint one on)
- Enabled promiscuous mode in the ESXi's VM's XML, right under
- Installed the ESXi on the newly created VM
- Connected to the ESXi through the EXT01 address (which is the only one with a gateway, from my office)
- Configured the networking as I like
- So I removed from the standard vSwitch0 the VM Network port group and also disabled Management Traffic as I want this to purely communicate with my office network only to allow me access to the ESXi.
- I might come in the future (if I want a vCenter VM running in VMware) and add a VM Network again for External access so that I can also access vCenter from the office network
- I also created two new vSwitches, one for INT01 which I will use for vMotion, FT etc and one for INT02 for VM traffic
I hope I won't encounter any other issue during my testing, one thing I can tell for sure: Having this lab nested is great as I can easily restore a previous configuration in case I break something during my testing.
Now head down to study!!!
Thanks everybody for helping!"
Manage the Acceptance Levels of Hosts and VIBs
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.7/com.vmware.vsphere.security.doc/GUID-751034F3-5337-4DB2-8272-8DAC0980EACA.html
Upgrading my home lab from ESXi 6.0 to ESXi 6.7
https://justinbraun.com/2019/01/upgrading-my-home-lab-from-esxi-6-0-to-esxi-6-7/
https://www.v-front.de/2015/03/vsphere-6-is-ga-ultimate-guide-to.html
