I have managed to install the Quickstart VM on VMware ESXi 5.5 Update 1 ! It was tedious but the idea was to create an ISO clone with clonezilla from the local VMware Player and use that ISO to install the system on VM in vSphere Client. Here are the detailed step if anyone runs into a similar problem : ## A- Creating a replica of the Quickstart VM with Clonezilla 1- Install the Quickstart VM on a local PC with VMware Player 2- Check that it runs OK 3- Turn it off then download the clonezilla ISO from the Web 4- Attach the clonezilla ISO to the CD/DVD drive of the Quickstart VM in VMware Player 5- Make sure that the CD/DVD drive is turned ON when the machine starts 6- Start the Quickstart VM in VMware Player and hit ESC as soon as it boots 7- Choose to boot from CD/DVD, this will make the VM boot into clonezilla 8- In clonezilla create a replica of the system on an external USB flash drive 9- For info 8GB flash drive is enough, and the replica of the system is a set of files created by clonezilla 10- When done turn off the VM ## B- Create an ISO of the clonezilla replica 11- Create a new VM in VMware Player with Clonezilla ISO as system 12- Run the Clonezilla VM and then choose to create an ISO from the previously created replica on the USB drive 13- Clonezilla will create the ISO on the USB flash drive (8GB was enough in my case to hold the replica and the ISO) 14- When the ISO is created turn off the Clonezilla VM ## C- Install the ISO in a VM in ESXi 5.5 using the vSphere Client 15- Upload the replica ISO to the datastore in a folder called /ISO for example 16- Create a new VM in vSphere Client using Centos 6 64-bit as system 17- Click Edit settings for that newly created VM 18- In the settings attach the ISO from the datastore to the CD/DVD drive and make sure you tick the checkbox to turn it ON at startup 19- Set 4GB of RAM and 1vCPU for the VM 20- Start the VM, clonezilla will start, then just follow the menu, it will install the Quickstart VM into the new VM in ESXi 21- When done turn off the VM 22- Start the VM, congratulations you have a Cloudera Quickstart on ESXi running fine !! I guess using the Clonezilla technique is more general and can be applied to any other VM. Cheers
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