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The VMware vSphere 5.0 Image Builder. John Balsillie VCI VCAP4-DCA VCP4 VCP3 Consultant – Explorer IT Services [email protected]. What Is an ESXi Image?. An ESXi image is a software bundle that consists of four main components. core hypervisor. CIM providers. plug-in components. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The VMware vSphere 5.0 Image Builder
John BalsillieVCI VCAP4-DCA VCP4 VCP3
Consultant – Explorer IT [email protected]
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What Is an ESXi Image?
corehypervisor
CIMproviders
plug-incomponents drivers
An ESXi image is a software bundle that consists of four main components.
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ESXi Image Deployment
?standardESXi ISO
• base providers• base drivers
missing CIM
provider
missing driver
missing vendorplug-in
The challenge of using a standard ESXi image is that the image might be missing desired functionality.
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What Is Image Builder?
Image Builder is a set of command-line utilities that are used to create and manage image profiles. An image profile is a group of VIBs that are used to create an ESXi
image.Image Builder allows the administrator to build customized ESXi boot images: Used for booting disk-based ESXi installations Used by VMware vSphere® Auto Deploy to boot an ESXi host in
memory
Image Builder is based on VMware vSphere® PowerCLI. The Image Builder cmdlets are included with the vSphere PowerCLI
tools.
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image profile
Image Builder Architecture
software depot
OEM VIBs
ESXiVIBs
driverVIBs
VIB: ESXi software package:
• Provided by VMware and its partners
Image profile: Defines an ESXi image Consists of one or more VIBs
Software depot: Logical grouping of VIBs and
image profiles Can be online or offline
Software channel: Used to group different types of
VIBs at a software depot
securityVIBs
software channels
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Building an ESXi Image: Step 1
Windows host with vSphere PowerCLI
and Image Builder snap-in
Image Builder
Start the vSphere PowerCLI session. Verify that the execution
policy is set to unrestricted.• Cmdlet:
Get-ExecutionPolicy Connect to your vCenter
Server.• Cmdlet:
Connect-VIServer
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Building an ESXi Image: Step 2
software depot
OEM VIBs
ESXiVIBs
imageprofile
driverVIBs
Windows host with vSphere PowerCLIand Image Builder
snap-in
Image Builder
Connect to a software depot. Add a software
depot to ImageBuilder.• Cmdlet:
Add-EsxSoftwareDepot Verify that the
software depot canbe read.• Cmdlet:
Get-EsxImageProfile
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Building an ESXi Image: Step 3
software depot
OEM VIBs
ESXiVIBs
imageprofile
driverVIBs
Windows host with vSphere PowerCLIand Image Builder
snap-in
Image Builder
Clone and modify an image profile. Clone an image profile.
• Cmdlet: New-EsxImageProfile
Modify an image profile.• Cmdlets:
Add-EsxSoftwarePackageRemove-EsxSoftwarePackage
Start by cloning the default ESXi image provided by
VMware and then customize it.
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Windows host with vSphere PowerCLIand Image Builder
snap-in
Using Image Builder to Build an Image: Step 4
ISO image
PXE-bootableImage
software depot
OEM VIBs
ESXiVIBs
imageprofile
driverVIBs
Generate a new ESXi image. Cmdlet: Export-ESXImageProfile
Image Builder
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vCenter Server
Host ProfileHost Profilehost profile
“waiter”
rules engine
ESXiimage
Auto Deploy
image profile,host profile,cluster info
Boot of an Autodeployed ESXi Host: Step 3
The ESXi image is downloaded from the Auto Deploy server to the host. The host profile is downloaded from vCenter Server to the host.
ESXihost
TFTP DHCP
ESXi image
(VIBs)
OEM VIBs
ESXiVIBs
driverVIBs
imageprofile
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Demo
Demo
• VMware Workstation on Windows• 1 x vCenter 5.0 virtual machine with:
• vSphere Client • PowerCLI• Auto Deploy and thus Image Builder
• 2 x ESXi 5.0 virtual machines
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Demo
Demo Scriptget-executionpolicyset-executionpolicy unrestrictedget-executionpolicyconnect-viserver vc01.vclass.local or vc02.vclass.local
add-esxsoftwaredepot c:\depot\LSI_5_34-455140\LSI_5_34-offline_bundle-455140.zipget-esxsoftwarepackage
add-esxsoftwaredepot c:\depot\BCD-bna-3.0.0.0-00000-465579\BCD-bna-3.0.0.0-00000-offline_bundle-465579.zipget-esxsoftwarepackageadd-esxsoftwaredepot c:\depot\labdepotget-esxsoftwarepackageget-esximageprofilenew-esximageprofile -cloneprofile ESXi-5.0.0-441354-standard -name "my_profile"
get-esximageprofileadd-esxsoftwarepackage -imageprofile "my_profile" -softwarepackage scsi-megaraid-sas
add-esxsoftwarepackage -imageprofile "my_profile" -softwarepackage net-bnaexport-esximageprofile -imageprofile "my_profile" -filepath c:\depot\esxi5.0.0-my_profile-469512.iso -exporttoiso –force
• Install ESXi into a vm from c:\depot\esxi5.0.0-my_profile-469512.iso
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Key Points
Image Builder allows the administrator to create customized ESXi boot images.
Auto Deploy is a new method for deploying ESXi hosts, where the ESXi host’s state and configuration run entirely in memory.
Questions?
John BalsillieExplorer IT Services
