https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/Cloudera-Quickstart-VM-fails-to-start-on-VMware-ESXi-5-5/m-p/18946#M7991 I am not aware of how you can get the quickstart VM to work with ESXi.<BR /><BR />Is there anything specific you need from the quickstart VM? Why not create<BR />a blank VM with CentOS6.4 and install CDH+CM from scratch? The whole<BR />install process is pretty easy.<BR /><BR /><A href="http://www.cloudera.com/content/cloudera-content/cloudera-docs/CM5/latest/Cloudera-Manager-Installation-Guide/Cloudera-Manager-Installation-Guide.html" target="_blank">http://www.cloudera.com/content/cloudera-content/cloudera-docs/CM5/latest/Cloudera-Manager-Installation-Guide/Cloudera-Manager-Installation-Guide.html</A><BR /><BR />If you do happen to try this and run into any issues, please start a new<BR />thread and we'll be happy to assist.<BR /><BR /> Thu, 18 Sep 2014 09:11:01 GMT GautamG 2014-09-18T09:11:01Z