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  • 1.  Older hardware with ESXi 6.5

    Posted Feb 21, 2023 04:33 AM

    I have a dual Xeon x5660 server I'd like to use in a lab - but can't find the ESXi 6.5 install ISO anymore....

     

     

    Is there an archive for it somewhere?



  • 2.  RE: Older hardware with ESXi 6.5

    Posted Feb 21, 2023 09:26 AM
    ESXi with a free vSphere Hypervisor licence is only available for supported versions, currently 7.x and 8.x but not 6.x.


  • 3.  RE: Older hardware with ESXi 6.5

    Posted Feb 22, 2023 04:11 PM

    Hi  you can find ESXi 6.5 ISOs here:

    Download VMware vSphere - VMware Customer Connect

    or find your HW vendor custom iSOs here:000047-Window.png

    Download VMware vSphere - VMware Customer Connect

    don't forget kudos if this helped.



  • 4.  RE: Older hardware with ESXi 6.5

    Posted Mar 07, 2023 03:15 AM

    Thanks! That link reefers to a download page where my account isn't authorized to download the software. Clicking the download trial takes me to VMWare 8 download trial, and this hardware is too old to run that....

     

    Any other links?



  • 5.  RE: Older hardware with ESXi 6.5

    Posted Mar 13, 2023 10:46 AM

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    I can choose the needed version. Try choosing v8 to download (not 7), then change the dropdown from 8 to 7. 

    Don't forget the kudos if this helps.