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Prerequisites:
PowerCLI 13 (v13 required for ESXi 8 support)
ESXi 8 depot zip file (Offline Bundle)
USB Network native driver zip file (Offline Bundle)

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> cd C:\esxi

PS C:\esxi>

PS C:\esxi> Add-EsxSoftwareDepot https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml

PS C:\esxi> Export-ESXImageProfile -ImageProfile „ESXi-8.0.0-20513097-standard“ -ExportToBundle -filepath ESXi-8.0.0-20513097-standard.zip

PS C:\esxi> Remove-EsxSoftwareDepot https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml

PS C:\esxi> Add-EsxSoftwareDepot .\ESXi-8.0.0-20513097-standard.zip

PS C:\esxi> Add-EsxSoftwareDepot .\ESXi800-VMKUSB-NIC-FLING-61054763-component-20826251.zip

PS C:\esxi> New-EsxImageProfile -CloneProfile „ESXi-8.0.0-20513097-standard“ -name „ESXi-8.0.0-20513097-USBNIC“ -Vendor „virten.net“

PS C:\esxi> Add-EsxSoftwarePackage -ImageProfile „ESXi-8.0.0-20513097-USBNIC“ -SoftwarePackage „vmkusb-nic-fling“

PS C:\esxi> Export-ESXImageProfile -ImageProfile „ESXi-8.0.0-20513097-USBNIC“ -ExportToIso -filepath ESXi-8.0.0-20513097-USBNIC.iso

PS C:\esxi> Export-ESXImageProfile -ImageProfile „ESXi-8.0.0-20513097-USBNIC“ -ExportToBundle -filepath ESXi-8.0.0-20513097-USBNIC.zip

VMware PowerCLI – is a command line and scripting tool built on PowerShell and provides more than 7000 cmdlets for managing and automating VMware vSphere, VMware Cloud Director, vRealize Operations Manager, vSAN, VMware NSX-T VMware Cloud Services VMware Cloud on AWS VMware HCX VMware Site Recovery Manager and VMware Horizon environments

Changes to building custom ESXi images in vSphere 7 – an eample how to add the USB NIC Fling to ESXi 7.0 Base Image

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> (Get-Module VMware.PowerCLI -ListAvailable).RequiredModules | Uninstall-Module -Force

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-Module VMware.PowerCLI -ListAvailable | Uninstall-Module -Force

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Install-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI -Scope CurrentUser

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> cd C:\esxi

PS C:\esxi>

PS C:\esxi> Add-EsxSoftwareDepot https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml

PS C:\esxi> Export-ESXImageProfile -ImageProfile „ESXi-7.0.0-15843807-standard“ -ExportToBundle -filepath ESXi-7.0.0-15843807-standard.zip

PS C:\esxi> Remove-EsxSoftwareDepot https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml

PS C:\esxi> Add-EsxSoftwareDepot .\ESXi-7.0.0-15843807-standard.zip

PS C:\esxi> Add-EsxSoftwareDepot .\ESXi700-VMKUSB-NIC-FLING-39035884-component-16770668.zip

PS C:\esxi> New-EsxImageProfile -CloneProfile „ESXi-7.0.0-15843807-standard“ -name „ESXi-7.0.0-15843807-USBNIC“ -Vendor „virten.net“

PS C:\esxi> Add-EsxSoftwarePackage -ImageProfile „ESXi-7.0.0-15843807-USBNIC“ -SoftwarePackage „vmkusb-nic-fling“

PS C:\esxi> Export-ESXImageProfile -ImageProfile „ESXi-7.0.0-15843807-USBNIC“ -ExportToIso -filepath ESXi-7.0.0-15843807-USBNIC.iso

PS C:\esxi> Export-ESXImageProfile -ImageProfile „ESXi-7.0.0-15843807-USBNIC“ -ExportToBundle -filepath ESXi-7.0.0-15843807-USBNIC.zip

VMware vSphere 8.0 – the command line interface esxcli has been extended with new features

VMware vSphere 8.0 – Download Links Available

Product Evaluation Center for VMware vSphere 8

VMware vSphere 8 – Download links for ESXi 8 and vCenter Server 8