ESX Server 3 Installation Guide
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2ClickLogintotheScriptedInstaller.
TheScriptedInstallpageappears.
3EntertheinformationthatthescriptneedstoconfigureanotherESX Serversystem:
aIntheInstallationTypelist,selectInitialInstallationtoperformanew
installation.SelectUpgradetoupgradeanexistingESX Serversystem.
bIntheInstallationMethodlist,select
fromthefollowingoptions:
SelectRemotetoperformaremotenetworkinstalloptionfromaHTTPorFTP
serverthatcontainstheESX Serverinstallationfiles.IntheRemoteServer
URLfield,typethedefaultdirectorylocationofyourrootfolderalongwith
thenameoftheserverthatcontainstheESX Serverinstallationfiles,likethis:
http://<hostname>:/default location
ftp://<hostname>:/default location
Forexample:
ftp://<hostname>:/var/ftp/pub/build
where<hostname>isthenameassignedtotheHTTPorFTPserver.
SelectCD‐ROMtoinstallfromtheCDonthelocalCD‐ROMdriveonthenew
system.
SelectNFStoperformanetworkinstallusingtheNetworkFileSystem(NFS)
application.IntheRemoteServerURLentryfield,typethehostmachine
namealongwiththemountpoint,likethis:
<hostmachine>:<mountpoint>
