Установка windows server 2019 на vmware esxi

In this article, we will install Windows Server 2019 step by step on virtual machine using vSphere.

Windows Server 2019 will be rolled out by Microsoft in the second half of 2018. You can download the Windows Server 2019 Technical Preview version from the Microsoft Insider Program.

You can run the Windows Server Techical Preview version as a virtual machine on your computer using virtualization programs. The installation of Windows Server is simple and easy.

In our previous articles, we installed Server 2019 with VMware Workstation and Oracle VM VirtualBox. We also installed Project Honolulu after configuring it. You can check out our articles about Server 2019 from the links below.

• How to Install Server 2019 using VMware
• How to Install Server 2019 using VirtualBox
• How to Install Project Honolulu on Server 2019

In this article, we will install Server 2019 on the virtual machine in ESXi. If you have not downloaded the Technical Preview version before, you can check out our Server 2019 Download.

After downloading the ISO file to your computer, connect to your server or virtual machine. Upload Windows Server ISO file on VMware ESXi.

How to Run Server 2019 in Virtual Machine

Follow these steps to install it step by step in a virtual machine…

   Step 1

First of all, to create a new virtual machine for Server 2019, please click on the image below to read related article.

When creating a virtual machine for Server 2019, select Windows Server 2016 for the operating system type. In ESXi 6.5.U1, 6.7, and 6.7U2, Server 2019 added to the OS type option.

   Step 2

Power on the Windows Server virtual machine.

   Step 3

Windows Server installation is starting…

   Step 4

After configuring the system language, keyboard layout, and time for Server 2019, click Next.

   Step 5

In the Windows Server installation window, click Install Now.

   Step 6

In the Server 2019 product key window, click I don’t have a product key.

   Step 7

In the Operating System window, select Windows Server Standard (Desktop Experience) and click the Next button.

   Step 8

In the Windows Setup window, click the Custom option.

   Step 9

To configure the disk you created in ESXi, select Partition and click Next.

   Step 10

Windows Server setup may take some time, depending on the hardware capabilities of your system.

   Step 11

After copying the files for installation, wait while it makes the last settings.

   Step 12

Create a strong password for the Server 2019 admin account and click the Finish button.

   Step 13

At the Server 2019 login prompt, click Actions / Guest OS / Send Keys / Ctrl + Alt + Delete.

   Step 14

Type your administrator password that you created and press Enter.

   Step 15

After you have successfully installed the Server 2019 Preview, go to the next step to install VMware Tools on it.

How to Install VMware Tools on Win Server 2019

Installing VMware Tools on Windows Server 2019 is the first thing you will do. Because you will be able to use your virtual server more effectively. So click on the image below to install VM Tools step by step.

   Video

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Microsoft Windows Server is a popular operating system running in almost every company. What if you want to install Windows Server in your home lab or an organization? Most of the time, you have a template that you can spin up within a few minutes. But sometimes, you need to install a new Windows Server manually.

In this article, you will learn how to install Windows Server 2019 on a Virtual Machine that’s running on VMware ESXi. The same steps will work if you want to install a different Windows Server version on another virtualization vendor or bare metal server.

Download Windows Server ISO file

Do you already have Windows Server on a USB stick or ISO file? You can skip this step. If you don’t, download Windows Server ISO by following the below steps:

1. Download the Windows Server version from the Microsoft Evaluation Center:

• Windows Server 2012 R2
• Windows Server 2016
• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2022

2. Download the 64-bit edition in the language you want.

Note: We recommend downloading Windows Server English (United States) because it’s easier to troubleshoot when issues arise.

After the Windows Server ISO download finishes, we can go to the next step.

Mount Windows Server ISO

Connect the Windows Server ISO on the Virtual machine by following the steps:

1. Upload the Windows Server ISO to the datastore in VMware.

2. Create a new VM.

3. Edit the VM settings and connect the Windows Server ISO. Click on Save.

4. Boot the VM to start the Windows Server installation setup.

In the next step, we will install Windows Server on the Virtual Machine.

To install Windows Server, follow these steps:

1. When the VM is powered on, pay close attention, and press any key to boot from CD or DVD.

2. Windows is loading the installation setup.

3. Select the preferences and click Next.

4. Select Windows Server 2019 Standard Evaluation (Desktop Experience). Click Next.

5. Accept the license terms and click Next.

6. Click Custom: Install Windows only (advanced).

7. Click on the drive with Unallocated Space. Click Next.

8. Windows Server installation will go through the steps:

• Copying Windows files
• Getting files ready for installation
• Installing features
• Installing updates
• Finishing up

9. Windows needs to restart to continue with the setup.

10. The Windows Server installation restarts several times and gets everything ready.

11. Fill in a password for the built-in administrator account. Click Finish.

Sign into Windows Server

The Windows Start-up lock screen appears. Sign into Windows Server by going through the below steps:

1. Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to unlock.

2. Fill in the administrator password, which you did enter in the previous step.

3. Server Manager starts automatically after signing in.

Windows Server is installed successfully on the Virtual Machine.

After installing Windows Server, you need to go through the Windows Server post-installation configuration.

Conclusion

You learned how to install Windows Server on a Virtual Machine. The same steps will work on physical servers. Microsoft made the Windows Server setup easy with two phases: collecting information and installing Windows.

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Ok, So lets get a Virtual machine running on ESXi, and what better to start with than a windows server?  So I jumped on Microsoft’s evaluation center website and grabbed a copy of server 2019.

With iso in hand (on disk anyway) lets connect to an ESXi host and start building.

Firing up Vmware Workstation and a n ESXi 6.7 hypervisor within, once booted we have a helpful message on screen – to manage this host go to http://192.168.0.29..

now as this is my home lab and i don’t have a planned infrastructure, my host DHCP’s, in a production environment running critical services, i would have assigned addresses, but for now that doesn’t matter.

So  connecting to the server via chrome:

Throws a security warning, being a machine i “built” on my local network, I trust it and ignore the warning.

Doing so gets you to a login page.

Logging in takes you to the ESXi home page with at a glance information about the server.

Clicking on virtual machines in the left shows we have no VM’s as yet, so no time like the present, lets make use of the helpful looking “Create/Register Virtual Machine” button..

Predictably this brings up a list of options for adding a virtual machine to ESXi, either via deployment or addition of existing VM’s, or via creation of a new virtual machine.  In this instance i’ll go for the latter.

Taking you to page 2 of the new VM wizard, where i give the VM a name and select the OS type, note server 2019 is not in the list yet, but i am very confident that selecting server 2016 will have no issues whatsoever.

Next page we select a datastore for the VM

Finally a customize settings screen, with a warning about overprovisioning disk, selecting thin provisioned allows me to continue, and while i’m here, lets mount the windows server 2019 ISO.

scrolling down to CD/DVD drive, selecting Datastore ISO file hitting browse.

Selecting the Server ISO i have already uploaded to the datastore and hitting OK.

Takes us back to a summary screen where we can make any changes if necessary, otherwise click finish to create the VM.

Doing so drops us back into the Virtual Machines tab with the new addition of Server 2k19 test VM.

Clicking on the green play button to power on the machine, brings up a boot options screen, selecting the CD-ROM to boot the windows iso.

Brings up the reassuring message

and into the classic windows installer interface.

Choose your edition, (my powershell skills are not up to scratch yet so i shall go with Standard Edition with Desktop Experience)

Accept the License Agreement

Being a clean install i selected advanced

Told it to install to the only available disk

And off the installer goes

So once again a very smooth process to install windows server 2019 on ESXi, with absolute minimal user intervention required, and i’m very much looking forward to playing with server 2019.

Thanks for reading, until next time!