GuestId | Specify the guest operating system of the new virtual machine. See below the valid values for the various ESX versions. Depending on the hardware configuration of the host, some of the guest operating systems might be inapplicable.
For ESX servers older than ESX 4.0, the following values are valid:
darwinGuest (Darvin), dosGuest (MS-DOS), freebsd64Guest (FreeBSD x64), freebsdGuest (FreeBSD), mandrake64Guest (Mandrake Linux 64 bit), mandrakeGuest (Mandrake Linux), netware4Guest (Novell NetWare 4), netware4Guest (Novell NetWare 4), netware6Guest (Novell NetWare 6.x), nld9Guest (Novell Linux Desktop 9), oesGuest (Open Enterprise Server), os2Guest (OS/2), other24xLinux64Guest (Linux 2.4x Kernel (64 bit) (experimental)), other24xLinuxGuest (Linux 2.4x Kernel), other26xLinux64Guest (Linux 2.6x Kernel (64 bit) (experimental)), other26xLinuxGuest (Linux 2.6x Kernel), otherGuest (Other Operating System), otherGuest64 (Other Operating System (64 bit) (experimental)), otherLinux64Guest (Linux (64 bit) (experimental)), otherLinuxGuest (Other Linux), redhatGuest (Red Hat Linux 2.1), rhel2Guest (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2), rhel3_64Guest (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 64 bit), rhel3Guest (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3), rhel4_64Guest (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64 bit), rhel4Guest (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4), rhel5_64Guest (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (64 bit) (experimental)), rhel5Guest (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5), sjdsGuest (Sun Java Desktop System), sles10_64Guest (Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 (64 bit) (expeimental)), sles10Guest (Suse linux Enterprise Server 10), sles64Guest (Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9 64 bit), slesGuest (Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9), solaris10_64Guest (Solaris 10 (64 bit) (experimental)), solaris10Guest (Solaris 10 (32 bit) (experimental)), solaris6Guest (Solaris 6), solaris7Guest (Solaris 7), solaris8Guest (Solaris 8), solaris9Guest (Solaris 9), suse64Guest (Suse Linux (64 bit)), suseGuest (Suse Linux), turboLinuxGuest (Turbolinux), ubuntu64Guest (Ubuntu Linux 64 bit), ubuntuGuest (Ubuntu Linux), win2000AdvServGuest (Windows 2000 Advanced Server), win2000ProGuest (Windows 2000 Professional), win2000ServGuest (Windows 2000 Server), win31Guest (Windows 3.1), win95Guest (Windows 95), win98Guest (Windows 98), winLonghorn64Guest (Windows Longhorn 64 b
it (experimental)), winMeGuest (Windows Millenium Edition), winNetBusinessGuest (Windows Small Business Server 2003), winNetDatacenter64Guest (Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition (64 bit) (experimental)), winNetDatacenterGuest (Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition), winNetStandard64Guest (Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (64 bit)), winNetStandardGuest (Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition), winNetWebGuest (Windows Server 2003, Web Edition), winNTGuest (Windows NT 4), winVista64Guest (Windows Vista 64 bit), winVistaGuest (Windows Vista), winXPHomeGuest (Windows XP Home Edition), winXPPro64Guest (Windows XP Professional Edition 64 bit), winXPProGuest (Windows XP Professional).
For ESX 4.0 and later, the following values are valid:
asianux3_64Guest (Asianux Server 3 64 bit), asianux3Guest (Asianux Server 3), asianux4_64Guest (Asianux Server 4 64 bit), asianux4Guest (Asianux Server 4), darwin64Guest (Darwin 64 bit), darwinGuest (Darwin), debian4_64Guest (Debian GNU/Linux 4 64 bit), debian4Guest (Debian GNU/Linux 4), debian5_64Guest (Debian GNU/Linux 5 64 bit), debian5Guest (Debian GNU/Linux 5), dosGuest (MS-DOS), freebsd64Guest (FreeBSD x64), freebsdGuest (FreeBSD), mandrivaGuest (Mandriva Linux), netware4Guest (Novell NetWare 4), netware5Guest (Novell NetWare 5.1), netware6Guest (Novell NetWare 6.x), nld9Guest (Novell Linux Desktop 9), oesGuest (Open Enterprise Server), openServer5Guest (SCO OpenServer 5), openServer6Guest (SCO OpenServer 6), os2Guest (OS/2), other24xLinux64Guest (Linux 2.4x Kernel (64 bit) (experimental)), other24xLinuxGuest (Linux 2.4x Kernel), other26xLinux64Guest (Linux 2.6x Kernel (64 bit) (experimental)), other26xLinuxGuest (Linux 2.6x Kernel (64 bit) (experimental)), other26xLinuxGuest (Linux 2.6x Kernel), otherGuest (Other Operating System), otherGuest64 (Other Operating System (64 bit) (experimental)), otherLinux64Guest (Linux (64 bit) (experimental)), otherLinuxGuest (Other Linux), redhatGuest (Red Hat Linux 2.1), rhel2Guest (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2), rhel3_64Guest (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (64 bit)), rhel3Guest (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3), rhel4_64Guest (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (64 bit)), rhel4Guest (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4), rhel5_64Guest (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (64 bit) (experimental)), rhel5Guest (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5), rhel6_64Guest (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (64 bit)), rhel6Guest (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6), sjdsGuest (Sun Java Desktop System), sles10_64Guest (Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 (64 bit) (experimental)), sles10Guest (Suse linux Enterprise Server 10), sles11_64Guest (Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 (64 bit)), sles11Guest (Suse linux Enterprise Server 11), sles64Guest (Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9 (64 bit)), slesGuest (Suse
Linux Enterprise Server 9), solaris10_64Guest (Solaris 10 (64 bit) (experimental)), solaris10Guest (Solaris 10 (32 bit) (experimental)), solaris6Guest (Solaris 6), solaris7Guest (Solaris 7), solaris8Guest (Solaris 8), solaris9Guest (solaris 9), suse64Guest (Suse Linux (64 bit)), suseGuest (Suse Linux), turboLinux64Guest (Turbolinux (64 bit)), turboLinuxGuest (Turbolinux), ubuntu64Guest (Ubuntu Linux (64 bit)), ubuntuGuest (Ubuntu Linux), unixWare7Guest (SCO UnixWare 7), win2000AdvServGuest (Windows 2000 Advanced Server), win2000ProGuest (Windows 2000 Professional), win2000ServGuest (Windows 2000 Server), win31Guest (Windows 3.1), win95Guest (Windows 95), win98Guest (Windows 98), windows7_64Guest (Windows 7 (64 bit)), windows7Guest (Windows 7), windows7Server64Guest (Windows Server 2008 R2 (64 bit)), winLonghorn64Guest (Windows Longhorn (64 bit) (experimental)), winLonghornGuest (Windows Longhorn (experimental)), winMeGuest (Windows Millenium Edition), winNetBusinessGuest (Windows Small Business Server 2003), winNetDatacenter64Guest (Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition (64 bit) (experimental)), winNetDatacenterGuest (Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition), winNetDatacenterGuest (Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition), winNetDatacenterGuest (Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition), winNetDatacenterGuest (Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition), winNetEnterprise64Guest (Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (64 bit)), winNetEnterpriseGuest (Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition), winNetStandard64Guest (Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (64 bit)), winNetEnterpriseGuest (Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition), winNetStandard64Guest (Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (64 bit)), winNetStandardGuest (Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition), winNetWebGuest (Windows Server 2003, Web Edition), winNTGuest (Windows NT 4), winVista64Guest (Windows Vista (64 bit)), winVistaGuest (Windows Vista), winXPHomeGuest (Windows XP Home Edition), winXPPro64Guest (Win
dows XP Professional Edition (64 bit)), winXPProGuest (Windows XP Professional). | false | false | |