You cannot allocate more than 8 virtual processors/cores (vCPU) to one VM (by the way, the maximum number of vCPUs allowed for gen1 VMs is 64 in the free Windows Hyper-V Server).

The official VMWare support is not provided.

The only difference between the vSphere Hypervisor and VMWare ESXi is in the license that is applied to it.

The list of hardware that is not supported in ESXi 8.0 is described in the article – Devices deprecated and unsupported in ESXi 8.0 (88172). Be sure to check the CPU (must have Intel VT-x or AMD RVI support), network card, and hard disk controller. Separate ISOs with ESXi images from HPE, Dell, IBM, and Cisco are available from the VMware website.īefore downloading the ESXi image, check that your server hardware is supported in the VMware Hardware Compatibility Guide ( ). Top vendors often release their own hypervisor distributions with their additional drivers. The VMware vSphere Hypervisor installation ISO image is quite small (630 MB) and contains only the most important drivers mainly for branded servers. Two processors, with four or more cores per CPU You can install VMware vSphere Hypervisor on a host that meets the following hardware requirements: Creating a Virtual Machine in VMWare Hypervisorįree VMware Hypervisor: Restrictions and Limitations.Configure VMware ESXi via Host Client Web Interface.How to Install VMWare vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi)?.How to Download VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi)?.

Free VMware Hypervisor: Restrictions and Limitations.

How to get free vsphere license key