How to build an ESXi on ARM Pi cluster? / ivobeerens.nl

Shortly after VMworld 2020, VMware released (after years of announcing and demoing) the ESXi On ARM fling (*1). On Social media and the community ESXi on ARM is a very hot topic. The ESXi ARM fling makes it possible to run the VMware ESXi hypervisor on ARM platforms such as: Avantek Workstation and server (Ampere eMAG) Lenovo ThinkSystem HR330A

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Packer – Use the SSH communicator for Windows images / ivobeerens.nl

Packer communicators are used to upload files and execute scripts when creating images. The two most common communicators are: ssh – An SSH connection will be established to the machine.  This communicator is used by Linux winrm – A WinRM connection will be established. This communicator is used by Windows. OpenSSH is available as an Optional Feature in Windows 10 (version

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