You can also take this time to upload the. For simplicity, I opted to use WinSCP and copied the folder into a newly created “Tools” folder on a local datastore. You can accomplish this by using vCenter, ESXi Host UI, or WinSCP. For ESXi we first need to copy the unlocker utility to a local or shared datastore.
I will be showing how to do so on ESXi 6.5a (Build 48872370) I will cover the installation steps further down in this tutorial, but first, let me cover the procedures for enabling this on ESXi.
At this point, the VM is ready to be powered on to install macOS Sierra.If you opted to change the hardware version to version 10 in the earlier steps, disregard this and move on to the next step.Scroll to the bottom of the text and add the following line. vmx file with your preferred text editor. Next, navigate to the directory that houses the virtual machine’s files.Once in the settings, select the ISO image. Click on the CD/DVD (SATA) option on the left side in the Devices pane. Now that we have the shell created, we still need to attach the ISO to the VM.Continue creating your shell by following along… I am going to leave it at version 12 and manually edit the.vmx file after the shell has been created. When choosing the hardware compatibility, you can optionally change this to version 10 so that you do not need to manually edit the.Launch VMware Workstation and create the shell VM.It will also download the latest VMware Tools (darwin.iso) for macOS into the extracted directory.
This will patch your VMware Workstation to unlock the capabilities to run a Mac OS. Open a command prompt and navigate to the extracted folder.
Running a MacOS/ OS X virtual machine is not anything new and has been supported for quite some time, as long as you are running said VM on a supported hypervisor with Apple Hardware. **NOTE: This is completely for experimental purposes and is unsupported by both Apple and VMware** Create a macOS/OS X VM on VMware ESXi 6.5 & VMware Workstation 12.5.2 Pro