Windows 10 Server and VMware ESXi 5.5
So as could be expected, Windows 10 Server (Tech Preview) has no clue what to do with VMware tools when running VMware ESXi 5.5 which I guess is not entirely surprising. Enabling the VMware tools installation results in a brief white window flicker and then nothing.
There is no CD mounted in the guest OS so there’s not much that can be done. The only issue with this, as you can see, is that there is an unrecognized ethernet controller. That’s because I have the VM setup with VMXNET3. I’ve shut the guest down and reconfigured for the E1000E virtual network adapter. After changing the NIC to E1000E I can successfully use networking in ESXi 5.5 on Windows 10 Server.
May 12, 2016
Have you noticed issue with ESXi 6.0 on Windows 10? I am seeing blank console on ESXi when accessing vSphere from windows10 machine. Any idea?
May 13, 2016
No issue here Sruthi – I run ESXi 5.1, 5.5, and 6.0 and manage it from a Windows 10 workstation without issue.
April 20, 2017
That’s 2 clever by half and 2×2 clever 4 me. Thanks!
June 8, 2017
That is just so wonderful . . . Like Father, Like Son! I would have let him stay up an extra half hour just for being so observant and for sharing my talent. Michael makes me smile.
October 20, 2014
We use ESXi 5.5 U1 at the moment, and the VM Tools correctly mounts in Windows Server 10, and even installs the VMXNET3 driver
October 28, 2014
What OS did you pick when creating the VM? I have heard it works when picking Windows 8, etc.