Running ESXi on a Raspberry Pi: Installing VMware ESXi on Raspberry Pi 4 to run Linux virtual machines

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T. Fenton, P. KennedyRunning ESXi on a Raspberry Pihttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7465-1_1

1. Setting the Framework for ESXi on Arm on Pi

Thomas Fenton¹   and Patrick Kennedy²

(1)

Ridgefield, WA, USA

(2)

Austin, TX, USA

 

In this chapter, in order to set the stage for the rest of the book, we will look at the datacenter before virtualization was available. We will then discuss virtual machines (VMs) and the classifications of the types of hypervisors that are commonly in use. We will also give you a little background of VMware, the company that developed ESXi. As ESXi is an integral part of the vSphere family, we will also touch on some of the other vSphere ...