UPDATE 18/10/16: Changed to support 10.12
For one reason or another you need macOS on ESXi tells you that it isn't possible unless your host is a Mac itself. That isn't particularly true..
The ESXi Unlocker
Thanks to Donk over at InsanelyMac, a patch has been created to install macOS on ESXi (5.5 only) but also supports Workstation (8, 9, 10), Player (4, 5, 6) and Fusion (4, 5, 6). Have a look at it here or try out version 2 which supports Workstation 11, Player 7 Fusion 7 and ESXi 6.
In this video I'll show you how to install Mac OS X El Capitan on ESXi.This tutorial will also be more or less the same if you are using Workstation, Player. I'm relatively new to Hyper-V and virtualization. What I would like to know, is the best way to create a Mac OS X VM running in Windows Hyper-V host. I'm currently using a Windows 10 based desktop running Hyper-V to create a test lab. I'd like to run a Mac OS X VM in Hyper-V in my test lab.
Disclaimer: The following process potentially violates Apple's End User License Agreement for macOS. Please check the Agreement before following these steps.
Setup
Here is my current setup and what I have:
- Whitebox ESXi host
- macOS Sierra 10.12 (but any will work) - NOTE: lags heaps but can be slightly tolerable with the beamoff application.
Install the Unlocker Patch
For this, I used the Windows vSphere client instead of the web client
1. Connect directly to your ESXi host instead of vCenter
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2. Unzip the unlock-all-v130.zip file
3. Open a datastore (Configuration > Hardware > Storage) by right-clicking it and selecting 'Browse Datastore..'
4. Copy the 'esxi' folder to the datastore by selecting 'Upload Folder' making note of the warning of replacing any existing folders you may have with the same name
5. Enable and connect to SSH on the host (Configuration > Software > Security Profile > Services > Properties > SSH > Options > Start > OK) Mac filter wifi hack tool.
6. Change directory over to your VMFS datastore
7. I recommend changing the name of the unlocker's folder to something else such as osx_unlocker
8. Go into the unlocker folder afterwards
9. Make the install and uninstall file executable
The ESXi Unlocker
Thanks to Donk over at InsanelyMac, a patch has been created to install macOS on ESXi (5.5 only) but also supports Workstation (8, 9, 10), Player (4, 5, 6) and Fusion (4, 5, 6). Have a look at it here or try out version 2 which supports Workstation 11, Player 7 Fusion 7 and ESXi 6.
In this video I'll show you how to install Mac OS X El Capitan on ESXi.This tutorial will also be more or less the same if you are using Workstation, Player. I'm relatively new to Hyper-V and virtualization. What I would like to know, is the best way to create a Mac OS X VM running in Windows Hyper-V host. I'm currently using a Windows 10 based desktop running Hyper-V to create a test lab. I'd like to run a Mac OS X VM in Hyper-V in my test lab.
Disclaimer: The following process potentially violates Apple's End User License Agreement for macOS. Please check the Agreement before following these steps.
Setup
Here is my current setup and what I have:
- Whitebox ESXi host
- macOS Sierra 10.12 (but any will work) - NOTE: lags heaps but can be slightly tolerable with the beamoff application.
Install the Unlocker Patch
For this, I used the Windows vSphere client instead of the web client
1. Connect directly to your ESXi host instead of vCenter
Autocad 2016 free download. Design & Photo downloads - AutoCAD 2013 by Autodesk Inc. And many more programs are available for instant and free download. Download autocad 2016 for mac free.
2. Unzip the unlock-all-v130.zip file
3. Open a datastore (Configuration > Hardware > Storage) by right-clicking it and selecting 'Browse Datastore..'
4. Copy the 'esxi' folder to the datastore by selecting 'Upload Folder' making note of the warning of replacing any existing folders you may have with the same name
5. Enable and connect to SSH on the host (Configuration > Software > Security Profile > Services > Properties > SSH > Options > Start > OK) Mac filter wifi hack tool.
6. Change directory over to your VMFS datastore
7. I recommend changing the name of the unlocker's folder to something else such as osx_unlocker
8. Go into the unlocker folder afterwards
9. Make the install and uninstall file executable
10. Run the install script file
11. Reboot your ESXi host
Create the ISO image
If you have 10.9 or greater, you will need a Mac to create the ISO.
If you have a Mac or using 10.9 and greater
For macOS or OS X 10.6 to 10.12, you can use this Mac only script to create the ISO if the InstallESD.img or Install.app is in the Applications folder: https://gist.github.com/calvinbui/3cc1594d85583077a88d6d60eac01aa8
Windows/Linux
Only supports 10.8 and below.
- Download OS X installation however you wish. Apple provide it free on their Mac App Store such as this: Yosemite Installation
- Browse the 'Install OS X.app' and extract the InstallESD.dmg file under /Contents/SharedSupport/
- Follow one of the options below depending on your operating system:
Windows - Convert the DMG file to an ISO using dmg2img. I used version 1.65.
Mac Os On Windows
Linux (Ubuntu) - Convert the DMG to ISO also using dmg2img (sudoapt-get install dmg2img)
Mac Os Esxi 6.7
Create the Virtual Machine and Install
Make sure to select Apple Mac OS X as your Guest Operating System.
Mac Os Esxi 7
Power on the VM and mount the ISO image to install.
Mac Os Iso For Esxi
If you get the error 'darwin11_64guest is not supported', try starting the VM directly from the host instead of vCenter.
